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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. How tall was Michelangelo's statue David?
(a) 45 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 12 feet.
(d) 17 feet.

2. Where did Leonardo live at the time he turned 60 years old?
(a) The castle of Caterina Sforza.
(b) The Vatican.
(c) Villa Melzi.
(d) The monastery in Pavia.

3. 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) An eagle.
(c) A pterodactyl.
(d) A catfish.

4. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?
(a) Leonardo's stepmother's.
(b) Leonardo's half-brother's.
(c) Leonardo's cousin's.
(d) Leonardo's maternal grandmother's.

5. What is meant by the words "Il sole no si muove"? (439)
(a) The sun does not move.
(b) The soul does not move.
(c) The foot does not move.
(d) The earth does not move.

Short Answer Questions

1. Santissima Annunziata was located three blocks away from the Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, where Leonardo conducted what activity?

2. In what season of 1452 was Leonardo born?

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

4. Much of Leonardo's thinking regarding birds was gathered into a notebook now known as the Codex on the Flight of Birds. How many folios are present within that notebook?

5. In the Belvedere gardens of Leonardo's new home in Rome, there was a sanctuary containing what?

(see the answer key)

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