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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: The Nature of Man - Chapter 19: Personal Turmoil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In whose honor was the horse monument intended to be created, with a sculpture of his likeness to be placed upon the back of the horse?
(a) Ludovico Sforza.
(b) Cesare Borgia.
(c) Pope Alexander VI.
(d) Duke Francesco.

2. The commission of what art piece led to Leonardo's official appointment in the court of Ludovico Sforza and its accompanying salary and accommodations?
(a) The Last Supper.
(b) A massive horse monument.
(c) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.
(d) Lady with an Ermine.

3. The squaring of a circle was a concept first discovered and discussed by what great thinker?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Hippocrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Archimedes.

4. The fashions worn by the subject of Lady with an Ermine became fashionable in Milan in 1489 when Gian Galeazzo Sforza was married to whom?
(a) Lucrezia Borgia.
(b) Catherine of Aragon.
(c) The Duchess of Cypress.
(d) Isabella of Aragon.

5. Leonardo followed what type of restrictive diet throughout his life?
(a) Fruitarian.
(b) Pescatarian.
(c) Pollotarian.
(d) Vegetarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of organization was the Compagnia di San Luca that Leonardo joined in 1472?

2. While the study of anatomy was pursued primarily by artists in Florence, the study of anatomy in Milan was undertaken mostly by what group of people?

3. What was the fate of Giacomo Andrea, the man who was a student of Vitruvius's works and was like a brother to Leonardo?

4. Leonardo's first studies of flight were completed as a means to create which type of art?

5. The troops of which French king marched through Italy, putting a halt to Leonardo's creation of the horse monument, since his materials were needed to construct cannon?

(see the answer key)

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