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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the population of Florence in 1300 before the devastation caused by the Black Death?
(a) 140,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 100,000.

3. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?
(a) French archers used it for target practice.
(b) Vandals smashed it under cover of night.
(c) Heavy rains degraded its foundation.
(d) It burnt to the ground.

4. Homosexuality was so common in Renaissance Florence that what word became slang in Germany for gay?
(a) Florenzer.
(b) Florencier.
(c) Florette.
(d) Flor.

5. How old was Salai when he came to live with Leonardo?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 21.
(d) 14.

6. In what season of 1452 was Leonardo born?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Summer.

7. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?
(a) Leonardo's half-brother's.
(b) Leonardo's maternal grandmother's.
(c) Leonardo's stepmother's.
(d) Leonardo's cousin's.

8. 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) Chiaroscuro.
(b) Staccato.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Stippling.

9. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?
(a) Art studio.
(b) Museum.
(c) Library.
(d) Zoo.

10. In what year was a great deal of information found and published about the identity of Leonardo's mother?
(a) 1773.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1592.
(d) 2017.

11. 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) 120.
(b) 60.
(c) 500.
(d) 20.

12. What is the term for the technique Leonardo invented that sought to blend shadows and lights so that no borders or lines were apparent?
(a) Sgraffito.
(b) Sfumato.
(c) Glazing.
(d) Blocking.

13. Rather than being a surname of Leonardo's, what does the phrase "da Vinci" indicate?
(a) Leonardo's status as his father's firstborn son.
(b) Leonardo's hailing from the town of Vinci.
(c) Leonardo's status as a polymath.
(d) Leonardo's illegitimate status.

14. What height did Leonardo plan his horse monument to reach once completed?
(a) 23 feet.
(b) 14 feet.
(c) 51 feet.
(d) 20 feet.

15. Which European city had the greatest percentage of literate citizens in 1472?
(a) Florence.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Milan.
(d) Barcelona.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Leonardo came upon a cave while hiking near Florence, what type of fossilized animal did he discover within the confines of the cave?

2. In the late years of what decade did Leonardo begin to devise contraptions that would enable human flight?

3. In the early 1490s, Leonardo undertook the task of learning what language?

4. Leonardo followed what type of restrictive diet throughout his life?

5. Of what material was the horse monument to be made?

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