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. In 1489, the portrait subject of Lady with an Ermine was 15 years old and lived not with her family, but with whom?
(a) Pope Alexander II.
(b) Ludovico Sforza.
(c) Giovanni Sforza.
(d) Cesare Borgia.

2. 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?
(a) Three wise men who had been removed from the final piece.
(b) An underdrawing used to compose the painting.
(c) A second painting under the first.
(d) Three prophets who had been removed from the final piece.

3. What term did Leonardo eventually use to describe the object he hoped would result in human flight due to the device's flapping wings?
(a) Tricheco.
(b) Mosca.
(c) Anatra.
(d) Uccello.

4. Who used Cesare Borgia as a model of cleverness in his work The Prince?
(a) Dante.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Boccaccio.

5. What position was held by legitimate first-born sons in Leonardo's family, stretching back at least five generations?
(a) Banker.
(b) Notary.
(c) Tax collector.
(d) Dentist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even though Isabella told Leonardo that she would pay whatever he wished for a painting, he declined. Who then stepped in to offer Isabella one of his own paintings?

2. What was the name of Leonardo's mother?

3. How many years after Leonardo's birth was Galileo born?

4. Cesare Borgia became the first man in history to perform what action?

5. In what season of 1452 was Leonardo born?

(see the answer key)

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