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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. What are diabase?
(a) River curves.
(b) Intrusive igneous rocks.
(c) Sedimentary rocks.
(d) Metamorphic rocks.

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?
(a) A starling.
(b) A vulture.
(c) A crane.
(d) An eagle.

3. How many years after Leonardo's birth was Galileo born?
(a) 6.
(b) 50.
(c) 112.
(d) 82.

4. The first version of Leonardo's painting Virgin of the Rocks was completed in what year?
(a) 1495.
(b) 1485.
(c) 1475.
(d) 1465.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Leonardo receive his first commission?

2. In the early 1490s, Leonardo undertook the task of learning what language?

3. What height did Leonardo plan his horse monument to reach once completed?

4. How soon after Leonardo's birth did his father Piero marry Albiera, Leonardo's stepmother?

5. What was the population of Florence when Leonardo moved there in 1464?

(see the answer key)

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