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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Around the time Leonardo began his most famous lost painting, he also undertook what life change?
(a) Adoption.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Relocation.
(d) Baptism.

2. Visual perception occurs along the entire area of what part of the eye?
(a) The vitreous humor.
(b) The pupil.
(c) The retina.
(d) The iris.

3. Leonardo's initial anatomy studies of 1489 focused on what part of the body?
(a) The human skull.
(b) The human femur.
(c) The human heart.
(d) The human vertebrae.

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

5. In May of 1504, Isabella gave up on her quest to get Leonardo to paint her portrait, telling him that instead he could paint a portrait for her of what person?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Mary Magdalene.
(d) Lucrezia Borgia.

6. Cesare Borgia became the first man in history to perform what action?
(a) Resign from the cardinalate.
(b) Lead an army wearing clerical robes.
(c) Defend the Vatican from attack.
(d) Prosecute an artist for not producing purchased work.

7. Pope Alexander VI was the first pope to perform what action?
(a) Divorce his wife.
(b) Excommunicate a heretic.
(c) Recognize openly his illegitimate children.
(d) Get married.

8. What painting was named by the Louvre in 2012 as Leonardo's ultimate masterpiece?
(a) The Mona Lisa.
(b) Virgin of the Rocks.
(c) Vitruvian Man.
(d) Virgin and Child with Saint Anne.

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

10. Leonardo was the first person to correctly depict what aspect of the human body?
(a) The valves of the heart.
(b) The joints.
(c) The frontal sinus.
(d) The heel bone.

11. In what year did Savonarola lead what became known as the Bonfire of the Vanities?
(a) 1487.
(b) 1517.
(c) 1477.
(d) 1497.

12. Santissima Annunziata had a library with how many volumes of books?
(a) 2,400.
(b) 3,600.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 500.

13. The first version of Leonardo's painting Virgin of the Rocks was completed in what year?
(a) 1485.
(b) 1465.
(c) 1495.
(d) 1475.

14. The fashions worn by the subject of Lady with an Ermine became fashionable in Milan in 1489 when Gian Galeazzo Sforza was married to whom?
(a) The Duchess of Cypress.
(b) Lucrezia Borgia.
(c) Catherine of Aragon.
(d) Isabella of Aragon.

15. Leonardo's packing list for his journey to enter the service of Cesare Borgia did NOT include which of the following items?
(a) A sword belt.
(b) A book of white paper for drawing.
(c) A pair of compasses.
(d) A scalpel.

Short Answer Questions

1. The drawing entitled Head of a Young Woman is an "exquisite example of Leonardo's use of" what "to create shadows and texture"? (234)

2. One of Leonardo's most famous lost paintings is entitled Lena and the what?

3. During his prolonged study of optics, Leonardo dissected the eyes of humans and what other animal?

4. When he returned to Florence once again in 1500, Leonardo set up what type of workshop?

5. How many illegitimate children did Pope Alexander VI have?

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