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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. When Leonardo moved back to Florence in 1500, in what type of location did he take up residence?
(a) In a convent.
(b) In his father's home.
(c) In a university apartment.
(d) In a church.

2. The center of medical research in Milan during the Renaissance was what university?
(a) The University of Catania.
(b) The University of Pavia.
(c) The University of Sannio.
(d) The University of Bologna.

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

4. Of what material was the horse monument to be made?
(a) Silver.
(b) Copper.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Plaster.

5. Leonardo's Vitruvian Man was the product of his visit to the university in which Italian city?
(a) Padua.
(b) Pavia.
(c) Rome.
(d) Milan.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Leonardo often drew and painted full-body male nudes, by contrast, almost all of the women he painted were what?

2. Leonardo first tackled the complexities of depicting shadows when drawing what kinds of objects during his training in Verrocchio's art studio?

3. Pope Alexander VI was the first pope to perform what action?

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

5. Leonardo believed that the secret to modeling three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface was not the use of lines, but instead the use of what?

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