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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. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?
(a) Pius II.
(b) Innocent VIII.
(c) Paul II.
(d) Alexander VI.

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

3. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?
(a) It burnt to the ground.
(b) French archers used it for target practice.
(c) Vandals smashed it under cover of night.
(d) Heavy rains degraded its foundation.

4. By age five, Leonardo lived primarily with whom?
(a) His grandfather Antonio and his wife.
(b) His birth mother and her husband.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father and stepmother.

5. During the 70 years following the creation of The Officers of the Night in 1432, an average of how many men per year were accused of sodomy?
(a) 1,100.
(b) 800.
(c) 200.
(d) 400.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what age had Isabella been betrothed to Francesco Gonzaga, the Marquess of Mantua, when they married?

2. Which friend of Leonardo's developed the first widely-published system for double-entry bookkeeping?

3. Homosexuality was so common in Renaissance Florence that what word became slang in Germany for gay?

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

5. How old was Leonardo when Salai came to live with him?

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