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

2. The parts of a scene that get the most direct light have the greatest saturation of what?
(a) Shadow.
(b) Paint.
(c) Texture.
(d) Color.

3. While the study of anatomy was pursued primarily by artists in Florence, the study of anatomy in Milan was undertaken mostly by what group of people?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Medical scholars.
(c) Sculptors.
(d) Clerics.

4. Which friend of Leonardo's developed the first widely-published system for double-entry bookkeeping?
(a) Corte Vecchia.
(b) Ludovico Sforza.
(c) Luca Pacioli.
(d) Salai.

5. 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) Chiaroscuro.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Staccato.
(d) Stippling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Salai when he came to live with Leonardo?

2. What was Leonardo's main reason for studying anatomy?

3. The four universal conditions of men, according to Leonardo, were mirth, weeping, fighting, and what?

4. Of what material was the horse monument to be made?

5. From whom did Isabella borrow a portrait by Leonardo so that she could decide which artist should paint her portrait?

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