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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Leonardo's favorite branch of mathematics?
(a) Statistics.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Calculus.

4. Of what material was the horse monument to be made?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Plaster.
(c) Copper.
(d) Silver.

5. What item of clothing did Leonardo insist upon wearing, even though it was antithetical to the fashions of the time?
(a) Cunibert shoes.
(b) An ascot.
(c) A knee-length cloak.
(d) Breeches.

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

7. What was different about Leonardo's drawings of machines than those of his contemporaries?
(a) Leonardo's drawings did not use color.
(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 were done using charcoal.

8. In the early 1490s, Leonardo undertook the task of learning what language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) Latin.
(d) Greek.

9. Throughout his life, Leonardo devised how many different formulas for squaring a circular shape?
(a) 64.
(b) 39.
(c) 212.
(d) 169.

10. 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) Stippling.
(c) Staccato.
(d) Juxtaposition.

11. 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) 3.
(d) 18.

12. Leonardo's first studies of flight were completed as a means to create which type of art?
(a) Painting.
(b) Storytelling.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Drama.

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

14. In what year did Leonardo receive his first commission?
(a) 1460.
(b) 1478.
(c) 1452.
(d) 1492.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Salai when he came to live with Leonardo?

2. While Leonardo often drew and painted full-body male nudes, by contrast, almost all of the women he painted were what?

3. Leonardo was known to buy birds from the marketplace and do what with them?

4. In what season of 1452 was Leonardo born?

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

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