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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. The four universal conditions of men, according to Leonardo, were mirth, weeping, fighting, and what?
(a) Misery.
(b) Labor.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Anger.

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

3. From whom did Isabella borrow a portrait by Leonardo so that she could decide which artist should paint her portrait?
(a) Lucrezia Borgia.
(b) Ludovico Borgia.
(c) Cecilia Gallerina.
(d) Salai.

4. Leonardo's most intense technological interest during his time in Rome involved what objects?
(a) Pulleys.
(b) Cables.
(c) Mirrors.
(d) Sound waves.

5. On what day of the week was Leonardo born?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did Leonardo inhabit upon his arrival to the court of Ludovico Sforza?

2. Walter Isaacson states that Leonardo's Vitruvian Man perfectly symbolizes the ideal of what?

3. How tall was Michelangelo's statue David?

4. What is meant by the words "Il sole no si muove"? (439)

5. What is the primary characteristic of Leonardo's angel in the painting Virgin of the Rocks that causes it to be much discussed by scholars?

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