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 whose honor was the horse monument intended to be created, with a sculpture of his likeness to be placed upon the back of the horse?
(a) Duke Francesco.
(b) Cesare Borgia.
(c) Pope Alexander VI.
(d) Ludovico Sforza.

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

3. In what year did Leonardo and Francesco travel to Pavia to observe and translate the manuscript of Vitruvius?
(a) 1477.
(b) 1462.
(c) 1490.
(d) 1498.

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

5. How did Florence save itself from plunder by Cesare Borgia and his armies?
(a) The city's army defeated the forces with cannon fire.
(b) Officials promised loyalty in perpetuity.
(c) Officials paid an annual bribe.
(d) The city's merchants promised a percentage of their sales.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Isaacson writes that "No scientist before Leonardo had methodically shown how birds" (183) perform what action?

3. One of Leonardo's most famous lost paintings is entitled Lena and the what?

4. In what year did Johannes Gutenberg begin selling Bibles created on his newly-invented printing press?

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

(see the answer key)

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