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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. During his prolonged study of optics, Leonardo dissected the eyes of humans and what other animal?
(a) Horses.
(b) Cows.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Cats.

2. What fraction of Florence's population was literate in 1472?
(a) One fifth.
(b) One third.
(c) One quarter.
(d) One half.

3. While the horse monument was never completed, Leonardo did complete a model of the monument out of what material?
(a) Aluminum.
(b) Plaster.
(c) Papier mache.
(d) Clay.

4. In what year was Leonardo brought to Florence to live with his father?
(a) 1451.
(b) 1430.
(c) 1464.
(d) 1482.

5. What role did Leonardo inhabit upon his arrival to the court of Ludovico Sforza?
(a) A producer of pageants.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A portraitist.
(d) A fashion designer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years after Leonardo's birth was Galileo born?

2. When Leonardo entered the service of Cesare Borgia at the age of 50, how old was Cesare Borgia?

3. Leonardo wrote that "Painting is based on perspective and perspective is nothing else than the thorough knowledge of the function of the" (274) what?

4. Around the time Leonardo was working on his work entitled Salvator Mundi, he was doing optic studies that investigated how the eyes perform what action?

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

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