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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. In the world of the Renaissance, what did a white ermine represent?
(a) Style.
(b) Wrath.
(c) Purity.
(d) Elegance.

2. When Leonardo came upon a cave while hiking near Florence, what type of fossilized animal did he discover within the confines of the cave?
(a) A whale.
(b) A pterodactyl.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A catfish.

3. Isaacson writes that "No scientist before Leonardo had methodically shown how birds" (183) perform what action?
(a) Stay aloft.
(b) Dive.
(c) Land.
(d) Take off.

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

5. How soon after Leonardo's birth did his father Piero marry Albiera, Leonardo's stepmother?
(a) Eight months after.
(b) Two years after.
(c) One week after.
(d) Eight years after.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Walter Isaacson, what was the paramount theme in Leonardo's art?

2. Lady with an Ermine is painted on a panel made of what type of wood?

3. Leonardo's Vitruvian Man was the product of his visit to the university in which Italian city?

4. Leonardo's Madonna of the Yardwinder is about the size of what?

5. The typical human has how many teeth?

(see the answer key)

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