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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. Leonardo wrote that what type of light is best for a portrait?
(a) Muted.
(b) Shadowed.
(c) Marbled.
(d) Bright.

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

3. During the 70 years following the creation of The Officers of the Night in 1432, an average of how many men per year were accused of sodomy?
(a) 800.
(b) 400.
(c) 200.
(d) 1,100.

4. In 1489, the portrait subject of Lady with an Ermine was 15 years old and lived not with her family, but with whom?
(a) Pope Alexander II.
(b) Cesare Borgia.
(c) Ludovico Sforza.
(d) Giovanni Sforza.

5. Leonardo's packing list for his journey to enter the service of Cesare Borgia did NOT include which of the following items?
(a) A sword belt.
(b) A pair of compasses.
(c) A book of white paper for drawing.
(d) A scalpel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Leonardo when he adopted Francesco Melzi?

2. Who was the subject of the portrait entitled Lady with an Ermine?

3. Ludovico Sforza committed what act in order to seize the ducal crown?

4. The four universal conditions of men, according to Leonardo, were mirth, weeping, fighting, and what?

5. When he returned to Florence once again in 1500, Leonardo set up what type of workshop?

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