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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. What is the term for the technique that uses contrasts of light and shadow in order to achieve the appearance of three dimensions in a two-dimensional work?
(a) Stippling.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Staccato.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

2. At one point Leonardo "listed the many practical applications that could come from harnessing the power of" (192) what river?
(a) The Sillaro River.
(b) The Livenza River.
(c) The Arno River.
(d) The Montone River.

3. Walter Isaacson states that Leonardo's Vitruvian Man perfectly symbolizes the ideal of what?
(a) Aesthetic beauty.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Humanism.
(d) Science.

4. What was the man's name who became Pope Alexander VI?
(a) Ludovico Sforza.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Rodrigo Borgia.
(d) Cesare Borgia.

5. The commission of what art piece led to Leonardo's official appointment in the court of Ludovico Sforza and its accompanying salary and accommodations?
(a) Lady with an Ermine.
(b) A massive horse monument.
(c) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.
(d) The Last Supper.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Marquess of Mantua, Francesco Gonzaga, was taken hostage for three years in what location?

2. The child featured in Leonardo's work Madonna of the Yardwinder is reaching for what object?

3. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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