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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. What was the function of the official known as a count palatine?
(a) To enact the legal process of legitimizing children.
(b) To award custody of children to non-related legal guardians.
(c) To mediate local disputes between citizens.
(d) To assess a child's ability to enter a particular trade.

2. The squaring of a circle was a concept first discovered and discussed by what great thinker?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Hippocrates.
(d) Plato.

3. What was the population of Florence when Leonardo moved there in 1464?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 60,000.

4. Authenticity of Renaissance paintings can be difficult to prove due to what habit of the era's painters?
(a) They did not sign their work.
(b) They never worked alone.
(c) They all painted using similar styles.
(d) They did not believe in auteurism.

5. During his time in Rome, Leonardo dissected at least how many corpses?
(a) 20.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Donato Bramante was hired by Ludovico Sforza to remodel the dining hall of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, what painting was Leonardo hired to create on the dining hall's wall?

2. 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?

3. Leonardo stated that what element has within itself an infinite number of movements?

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. Pope Alexander VI was the first pope to perform what action?

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