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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. One of Leonardo's most famous lost paintings is entitled Lena and the what?
(a) Swan.
(b) Dove.
(c) Peacock.
(d) Albatross.

2. In what year did Leonardo start his second round of anatomical studies?
(a) 1518.
(b) 1508.
(c) 1523.
(d) 1500.

3. Ludovico Sforza committed what act in order to seize the ducal crown?
(a) Drowned his father.
(b) Stabbed his brother.
(c) Burned the home of his uncle.
(d) Poisoned his nephew.

4. What work was Leonardo in the midst of creating when his father died?
(a) Virgin of the Rocks.
(b) Lady with an Ermine.
(c) Battle of Anghiari.
(d) The Mona Lisa.

5. Leonardo followed what type of restrictive diet throughout his life?
(a) Pescatarian.
(b) Pollotarian.
(c) Fruitarian.
(d) Vegetarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who acted as Leonardo's new patron after Leonardo left the service of Cesare Borgia?

2. In what year was a great deal of information found and published about the identity of Leonardo's mother?

3. Tempera paints were used by artists in Italy prior to the arrival of oil painting. Oil painting came to Italy from what country?

4. What term did Leonardo eventually use to describe the object he hoped would result in human flight due to the device's flapping wings?

5. How many wives did Piero have after not marrying Leonardo's mother?

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