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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26: Return to Milan - Chapter 33: Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the late years of what decade did Leonardo begin to devise contraptions that would enable human flight?
(a) 1500s.
(b) 1460s.
(c) 1480s.
(d) 1490s.

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

3. Lady with an Ermine is painted on a panel made of what type of wood?
(a) Birch.
(b) Teak.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Walnut.

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

5. Of what material was the horse monument to be made?
(a) Silver.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Copper.
(d) Plaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who retook Milan from the French after their period of occupation?

2. What fraction of Florence's population was literate in 1472?

3. What caused Leonardo's Madonna of the Yardwinder to become one of his most influential paintings?

4. The squaring of a circle was a concept first discovered and discussed by what great thinker?

5. What painting was named by the Louvre in 2012 as Leonardo's ultimate masterpiece?

(see the answer key)

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