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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 18.
(d) 3.

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

4. While the horse monument was never completed, Leonardo did complete a model of the monument out of what material?
(a) Plaster.
(b) Papier mache.
(c) Aluminum.
(d) Clay.

5. 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) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.
(b) Lady with an Ermine.
(c) The Last Supper.
(d) A massive horse monument.

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

7. Isaacson writes that "No scientist before Leonardo had methodically shown how birds" (183) perform what action?
(a) Land.
(b) Take off.
(c) Stay aloft.
(d) Dive.

8. Leonardo believed that deep observation must be done in what manner?
(a) Improvisationally.
(b) In steps.
(c) Quickly.
(d) In a group.

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

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

11. 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) Anatra.
(b) Uccello.
(c) Tricheco.
(d) Mosca.

12. Walter Isaacson states that Leonardo's Vitruvian Man perfectly symbolizes the ideal of what?
(a) Humanism.
(b) Aesthetic beauty.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Science.

13. The troops of which French king marched through Italy, putting a halt to Leonardo's creation of the horse monument, since his materials were needed to construct cannon?
(a) King Francis I.
(b) King Henry II.
(c) King Henry IV.
(d) King Charles VIII.

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

15. What was the function of the official known as a count palatine?
(a) To assess a child's ability to enter a particular trade.
(b) To enact the legal process of legitimizing children.
(c) To award custody of children to non-related legal guardians.
(d) To mediate local disputes between citizens.

Short Answer Questions

1. One reason Leonardo could not devise how to square a circle is that a mathematical process for squaring a circle cannot be done with just a compass and a ruler. Instead, it requires what type of number?

2. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?

3. What family controlled the republic in place in Florence at the time of Leonardo's arrival in the city?

4. What book written by Luca Pacioli included 60 illustrations by Leonardo, the only drawings Leonardo ever published in his lifetime?

5. Leonardo's most serious longtime companion held the nickname of Salai, which held what meaning?

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