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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Leonardo entered the service of Cesare Borgia at the age of 50, how old was Cesare Borgia?
(a) 35.
(b) 21.
(c) 40.
(d) 26.

3. What are diabase?
(a) Intrusive igneous rocks.
(b) River curves.
(c) Metamorphic rocks.
(d) Sedimentary rocks.

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

5. One of Leonardo's most famous lost paintings is entitled Lena and the what?
(a) Albatross.
(b) Dove.
(c) Peacock.
(d) Swan.

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

7. What was the man's name who became Pope Alexander VI?
(a) Cesare Borgia.
(b) Rodrigo Borgia.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Ludovico Sforza.

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

9. How many illegitimate children did Pope Alexander VI have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

10. The center of medical research in Milan during the Renaissance was what university?
(a) The University of Catania.
(b) The University of Sannio.
(c) The University of Pavia.
(d) The University of Bologna.

11. In what year did the friar Savonarola depose the Medici family and institute a fundamentalist regime in Florence?
(a) 1494.
(b) 1452.
(c) 1463.
(d) 1503.

12. In the mid-1490s, Leonardo halted his study of anatomy, and would not return to the subject for how many years?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

13. 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 university apartment.
(c) In a church.
(d) In his father's home.

14. From whom did Isabella borrow a portrait by Leonardo so that she could decide which artist should paint her portrait?
(a) Salai.
(b) Lucrezia Borgia.
(c) Ludovico Borgia.
(d) Cecilia Gallerina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book On Painting, which became a Bible for Leonardo?

2. Leonardo believed that the secret to modeling three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface was not the use of lines, but instead the use of what?

3. Pope Alexander VI was the first pope to perform what action?

4. Leonardo's first version of the painting Virgin of the Rocks is housed in what museum?

5. How did Florence save itself from plunder by Cesare Borgia and his armies?

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