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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. How old was Leonardo's father Piero when he had a baby with Leonardo's 16-year-old mother?
(a) 24.
(b) 36.
(c) 29.
(d) 19.

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

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

4. Leonardo was known to buy birds from the marketplace and do what with them?
(a) Set them free.
(b) Use them in experiments.
(c) Breed them.
(d) Give them as gifts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The squaring of a circle was a concept first discovered and discussed by what great thinker?

2. Leonardo's first studies of flight were completed as a means to create which type of art?

3. What book written by Luca Pacioli included 60 illustrations by Leonardo, the only drawings Leonardo ever published in his lifetime?

4. Tempera paints were used by artists in Italy prior to the arrival of oil painting. Oil painting came to Italy from what country?

5. What role did Leonardo inhabit upon his arrival to the court of Ludovico Sforza?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occasion prompted Leonardo to paint The Last Supper?

2. Who was Salai and what were some of his character traits?

3. What were the main techniques Leonardo adopted from his mentor, Andrea del Verrocchio, that would go on to be featured prominently in all of Leonardo's later works?

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

5. What are the reasons that Renaissance Italy has come to be known as "a golden age for bastards" (9)?

6. What does Walter Isaacson say was the main lesson he tried to take from Leonardo's life in order to apply it to his own life?

7. What plan did Leonardo have for the casting of the horse monument that no one had ever attempted before?

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

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

10. What symbolism did Leonardo see in the reeds he included in his drawing of Pleasure and Pain?

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