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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 the early 1490s, Leonardo undertook the task of learning what language?
(a) Latin.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Greek.
(d) French.

2. Walter Isaacson states that Leonardo's Vitruvian Man perfectly symbolizes the ideal of what?
(a) Aesthetic beauty.
(b) Humanism.
(c) Science.
(d) Individuality.

3. The typical human has how many teeth?
(a) 38.
(b) 24.
(c) 32.
(d) 36.

4. The most basic anatomical knowledge for a painter is the study of what?
(a) Ligaments.
(b) Bones.
(c) Muscles.
(d) Tendons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?

2. When Sigmund Freud wrote a short book psychoanalyzing Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering over his crib, Freud mistakenly analyzed the symbolism of what type of bird visiting Leonardo?

3. When Donato Bramante was hired by Ludovico Sforza to remodel the dining hall of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, what painting was Leonardo hired to create on the dining hall's wall?

4. In the world of the Renaissance, what did a white ermine represent?

5. Whose work on shadows did Leonardo study?

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