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

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

3. Leonardo first tackled the complexities of depicting shadows when drawing what kinds of objects during his training in Verrocchio's art studio?
(a) Pieces of fruit.
(b) Hands.
(c) Draperies.
(d) Columns.

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

5. Around the time Leonardo was working on his work entitled Salvator Mundi, he was doing optic studies that investigated how the eyes perform what action?
(a) Blink.
(b) Remain moist.
(c) Focus.
(d) Produce tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo's work Madonna of the Yarnwinder was completed at the request of which courtier within the court of Louis XII?

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

3. Leonardo wrote that "Painting is based on perspective and perspective is nothing else than the thorough knowledge of the function of the" (274) what?

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

5. The parts of a scene that get the most direct light have the greatest saturation of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Leonardo use his knowledge of geology to inform his painting of Virgin of the Rocks?

2. For how long did Leonardo live in Florence upon his return there in 1500 and where did he live?

3. What is the significance of the inventory Leonardo made of a trunk of clothing sometime between 1500 and 1506?

4. What was the event known as the Bonfire of the Vanities?

5. What reasons did Leonardo have for always wanting to portray portrait subjects facing the viewer or in three-quarters view, contrary to the customary profile pose?

6. How does Walter Isaacson link the qualities of genius and the qualities of obsession within the chapter about Leonardo's first round of anatomy studies?

7. What evidence does Walter Isaacson provide for his claim that much of Leonardo's thinking was collegial?

8. What types of commissions did Leonardo refuse to accept?

9. When Leonardo moved to Milan in 1482, what did he discover about the study of anatomy in that location?

10. When Leonardo returned to Florence in 1500, how had Florence changed in the time he had been away?

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