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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. Besides Leonardo, how many children did his father Piero have during his lifetime?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

2. During the 70 years following the creation of The Officers of the Night in 1432, an average of how many men per year were convicted of sodomy and were sentenced to prison, exile, or death?
(a) 60.
(b) 120.
(c) 20.
(d) 500.

3. 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.

4. In what year did Johannes Gutenberg begin selling Bibles created on his newly-invented printing press?
(a) 1501.
(b) 1452.
(c) 1489.
(d) 1348.

5. What was Leonardo's main reason for studying anatomy?
(a) To improve his art.
(b) To gain admittance to medical school.
(c) To impress his friends in the medical field.
(d) To publish his discoveries.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Leonardo went to Venice in 1500 in order to offer military advice to defend against a threatened invasion, which country was threatening to invade Venice?

2. When Leonardo first came to Milan in 1482, he had hopes of working primarily as a what?

3. In what year did the friar Savonarola depose the Medici family and institute a fundamentalist regime in Florence?

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

5. What is the term for the technique Leonardo invented that sought to blend shadows and lights so that no borders or lines were apparent?

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