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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At one point Leonardo "listed the many practical applications that could come from harnessing the power of" (192) what river?
(a) The Arno River.
(b) The Montone River.
(c) The Livenza River.
(d) The Sillaro River.

2. Leonardo's most serious longtime companion held the nickname of Salai, which held what meaning?
(a) Divine One.
(b) Prankster.
(c) Little Devil.
(d) Lover of the Arts.

3. After collaborating with Leonardo on a particular painting, Andrea del Verrocchio, Verocchio was reportedly so awed by Leonardo's technique that he never completed another painting on his own. What was the title of the painting on which the two collaborated?
(a) Baptism of Christ.
(b) The Adoration of the Magi.
(c) The Annunciation.
(d) St. Jerome in the Wilderness.

4. The commission of what art piece led to Leonardo's official appointment in the court of Ludovico Sforza and its accompanying salary and accommodations?
(a) Lady with an Ermine.
(b) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.
(c) The Last Supper.
(d) A massive horse monument.

5. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?
(a) A kite.
(b) A bluebird.
(c) An osprey.
(d) An eagle.

6. What term did Leonardo eventually use to describe the object he hoped would result in human flight due to the device's flapping wings?
(a) Mosca.
(b) Tricheco.
(c) Uccello.
(d) Anatra.

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

8. When Sigmund Freud wrote a short book psychoanalyzing Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering over his crib, Freud mistakenly analyzed the symbolism of what type of bird visiting Leonardo?
(a) A crane.
(b) A vulture.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A starling.

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

10. By age five, Leonardo lived primarily with whom?
(a) His grandfather Antonio and his wife.
(b) His father and stepmother.
(c) His birth mother and her husband.
(d) His uncle.

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

12. In what year was Leonardo brought to Florence to live with his father?
(a) 1464.
(b) 1451.
(c) 1430.
(d) 1482.

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

14. 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?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 18.

15. What fraction of Florence's population was literate in 1472?
(a) One half.
(b) One third.
(c) One fifth.
(d) One quarter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of clothing did Leonardo insist upon wearing, even though it was antithetical to the fashions of the time?

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

3. Leonardo wrote that, "Those who are in love with practice without theoretical knowledge are like the sailor who goes onto a ship without" (175) what two items?

4. 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?

5. In the same year that Leonardo was born, Italy began a period of how many peaceful years without war?

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