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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The child featured in Leonardo's work Madonna of the Yardwinder is reaching for what object?
(a) A cloud.
(b) His mother's hair.
(c) A jewel.
(d) A cross.

2. The most basic anatomical knowledge for a painter is the study of what?
(a) Bones.
(b) Ligaments.
(c) Muscles.
(d) Tendons.

3. Even though Isabella told Leonardo that she would pay whatever he wished for a painting, he declined. Who then stepped in to offer Isabella one of his own paintings?
(a) Salai.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Verracchio.
(d) Boticelli.

4. When Leonardo made an inventory of clothes he had stored inside a trunk, whose clothes were listed as being intermingled with his own?
(a) Lucrezia.
(b) Francesco.
(c) Cesare.
(d) Salai.

5. According to Walter Isaacson, what was the paramount theme in Leonardo's art?
(a) Familial connections.
(b) The contrast between love and hate.
(c) The spiritual connection between the earth and humans.
(d) Religious zeal.

6. The profile pose was the standard for portraits of what type of people during the Renaissance?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Illegitimate heirs.
(d) Royalty.

7. The Marquess of Mantua, Francesco Gonzaga, was taken hostage for three years in what location?
(a) Milan.
(b) Florence.
(c) Venice.
(d) Rome.

8. From what age had Isabella been betrothed to Francesco Gonzaga, the Marquess of Mantua, when they married?
(a) Six.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Three.
(d) Thirteen.

9. How did the friar Savonarola die?
(a) He was drawn and quartered.
(b) He was burned and hanged.
(c) He drowned.
(d) He committed suicide.

10. In the world of the Renaissance, what did a white ermine represent?
(a) Style.
(b) Wrath.
(c) Elegance.
(d) Purity.

11. When Leonardo moved back to Florence in 1500, in what type of location did he take up residence?
(a) In a convent.
(b) In a church.
(c) In a university apartment.
(d) In his father's home.

12. Lady with an Ermine is painted on a panel made of what type of wood?
(a) Walnut.
(b) Teak.
(c) Birch.
(d) Cherry.

13. What type of paint did Leonardo use to create the work entitled Lady with an Ermine?
(a) Oil.
(b) Watercolor.
(c) Lead.
(d) Tempera.

14. What is the primary characteristic of Leonardo's angel in the painting Virgin of the Rocks that causes it to be much discussed by scholars?
(a) Androgyny.
(b) Youth.
(c) Masculinity.
(d) Asexuality.

15. Leonardo's Madonna of the Yardwinder is about the size of what?
(a) A map.
(b) A page of a paperback novel.
(c) A dinner plate.
(d) A page of a tabloid newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Savonarola's rule of Florence, a militia of what was organized to police the streets and to enforce moral righteousness?

2. What was the man's name who became Pope Alexander VI?

3. In the mid-1490s, Leonardo halted his study of anatomy, and would not return to the subject for how many years?

4. Around the time Leonardo began his most famous lost painting, he also undertook what life change?

5. The Florentine tradition known as disegno lineamentum used what to create forms and designs?

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