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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many godparents gave witness to Leonardo's birth?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

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

4. 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) 60.
(b) 500.
(c) 120.
(d) 20.

5. 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) Glazing.
(b) Blocking.
(c) Sgraffito.
(d) Sfumato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rather than being a surname of Leonardo's, what does the phrase "da Vinci" indicate?

2. In what year did Leonardo and Francesco travel to Pavia to observe and translate the manuscript of Vitruvius?

3. 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?

4. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?

5. What was different about Leonardo's drawings of machines than those of his contemporaries?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major difference does the author depict when comparing and contrasting Leonardo's personality with Leon Battista Alberti's personality?

2. Discuss an example of Leonardo's use of analogies that led him to new scientific discoveries.

3. What were the underlying reasons for Leonardo's vegetarianism?

4. What did Leonardo mean when he wrote, "He who has access to the fountain does not go to the water-jar" (176)?

5. What qualities of Leonardo's character are discussed as qualities that would have made him a misfit in any place besides Florence?

6. What information was recently discovered in 2017 about Leonardo's birth mother?

7. What was revealed about Leonardo's looks and personality in early works written about his person?

8. What is chiaroscuro and how did Leonardo employ it?

9. What was the reason that Leonardo's horse monument was never completed?

10. When Leonardo joined a competition of architects, what was the assigned task for the contest?

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