This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20: Florence Again - Chapter 25: Michelangelo and the Lost Battles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?
(a) A kite.
(b) A bluebird.
(c) An osprey.
(d) An eagle.

2. What was the population of Florence in 1300 before the devastation caused by the Black Death?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 140,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 50,000.

3. While Leonardo often drew and painted full-body male nudes, by contrast, almost all of the women he painted were what?
(a) Turned away from the viewer.
(b) Clothed and shown from the waist down.
(c) Hiding their nakedness with their hair.
(d) Clothed and shown from the waist up.

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

5. How many other portraits of women had Leonardo completed prior to creating Lady with an Ermine?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. The commission of what art piece led to Leonardo's official appointment in the court of Ludovico Sforza and its accompanying salary and accommodations?

2. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?

3. Rather than being shown in profile, as was traditional, the subject of Lady with an Ermine is shown in what way?

4. What was the function of the official known as a count palatine?

5. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?

(see the answer key)

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