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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. Which European city had the greatest percentage of literate citizens in 1472?
(a) Milan.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Florence.
(d) Barcelona.

2. What role did Leonardo inhabit upon his arrival to the court of Ludovico Sforza?
(a) A portraitist.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A producer of pageants.
(d) A fashion designer.

3. Leonardo's work entitled Codex Madrid I is largely devoted to the design of what?
(a) Irrigation techniques.
(b) A perpetual motion machine.
(c) More efficient machinery.
(d) River diversion techniques.

4. Isaacson writes that "No scientist before Leonardo had methodically shown how birds" (183) perform what action?
(a) Stay aloft.
(b) Dive.
(c) Land.
(d) Take off.

5. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?
(a) It burnt to the ground.
(b) Heavy rains degraded its foundation.
(c) French archers used it for target practice.
(d) Vandals smashed it under cover of night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo's most serious longtime companion held the nickname of Salai, which held what meaning?

2. Leonardo believed that deep observation must be done in what manner?

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

4. Leonardo insisted that all boundaries within both art and nature were what?

5. Homosexuality was so common in Renaissance Florence that what word became slang in Germany for gay?

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