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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Leonardo and Francesco travel to Pavia to observe and translate the manuscript of Vitruvius?
(a) 1498.
(b) 1477.
(c) 1490.
(d) 1462.

2. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?
(a) Pius II.
(b) Alexander VI.
(c) Innocent VIII.
(d) Paul II.

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

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

5. When Leonardo came upon a cave while hiking near Florence, what type of fossilized animal did he discover within the confines of the cave?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A whale.
(c) A catfish.
(d) A pterodactyl.

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

7. In the same year that Leonardo was born, Italy began a period of how many peaceful years without war?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 90 years.

8. Leonardo was known to buy birds from the marketplace and do what with them?
(a) Use them in experiments.
(b) Give them as gifts.
(c) Set them free.
(d) Breed them.

9. What was different about Leonardo's drawings of machines than those of his contemporaries?
(a) Leonardo's drawings were done using charcoal.
(b) Leonardo drew all of the different pieces of the machine separately.
(c) Leonardo's drawings were never shown to anyone.
(d) Leonardo's drawings did not use color.

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

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

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) Blocking.
(d) Glazing.

13. Which friend of Leonardo's developed the first widely-published system for double-entry bookkeeping?
(a) Ludovico Sforza.
(b) Corte Vecchia.
(c) Luca Pacioli.
(d) Salai.

14. How many years after Leonardo's birth was Galileo born?
(a) 50.
(b) 82.
(c) 112.
(d) 6.

15. 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) 20.
(b) 120.
(c) 60.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?

2. Leonardo's work entitled Codex Madrid I is largely devoted to the design of what?

3. How many godparents gave witness to Leonardo's birth?

4. The squaring of a circle was a concept first discovered and discussed by what great thinker?

5. 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?

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