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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. Leonardo's Vitruvian Man was the product of his visit to the university in which Italian city?
(a) Padua.
(b) Milan.
(c) Pavia.
(d) Rome.

2. How many godparents gave witness to Leonardo's birth?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 8.

3. 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) A massive horse monument.
(b) Lady with an Ermine.
(c) The Last Supper.
(d) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.

4. What was the population of Florence when Leonardo moved there in 1464?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 20,000.

5. How old was Leonardo when Salai came to live with him?
(a) 24.
(b) 21.
(c) 50.
(d) 38.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was a great deal of information found and published about the identity of Leonardo's mother?

2. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?

3. In the mid-1490s, Leonardo halted his study of anatomy, and would not return to the subject for how many years?

4. Visual perception occurs along the entire area of what part of the eye?

5. Throughout his life, Leonardo devised how many different formulas for squaring a circular shape?

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