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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. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?
(a) Zoo.
(b) Library.
(c) Art studio.
(d) Museum.

2. Leonardo believed that deep observation must be done in what manner?
(a) Quickly.
(b) In steps.
(c) In a group.
(d) Improvisationally.

3. How old was Leonardo's father Piero when he had a baby with Leonardo's 16-year-old mother?
(a) 19.
(b) 24.
(c) 36.
(d) 29.

4. 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?
(a) King Francis I.
(b) King Henry II.
(c) King Henry IV.
(d) King Charles VIII.

5. What was Leonardo's main reason for studying anatomy?
(a) To improve his art.
(b) To impress his friends in the medical field.
(c) To publish his discoveries.
(d) To gain admittance to medical school.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Florentine tradition known as disegno lineamentum used what to create forms and designs?

2. On what day of the week was Leonardo born?

3. Whose work on shadows did Leonardo study?

4. When Leonardo first came to Milan in 1482, he had hopes of working primarily as a what?

5. In 2009, technicians were able to use infrared imaging techniques in order to expose what hidden piece of Leonardo's first version of Virgin of the Rocks?

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