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

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

3. During Savonarola's rule of Florence, a militia of what was organized to police the streets and to enforce moral righteousness?
(a) Young boys.
(b) Clerics.
(c) Flagellants.
(d) Monks.

4. How did the friar Savonarola die?
(a) He was drawn and quartered.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He committed suicide.
(d) He was burned and hanged.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While the study of anatomy was pursued primarily by artists in Florence, the study of anatomy in Milan was undertaken mostly by what group of people?

3. 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?

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

5. The first version of Leonardo's painting Virgin of the Rocks was completed in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the significance of Leonardo's depiction of the human frontal sinus?

2. In the mid-1490s, Leonardo put aside his work on anatomy and would not return to it for another decade. What endeavor did he begin upon dropping his anatomy studies?

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. What were the two colors most favored by Leonardo in the tailoring of both his clothes and the clothes of Salai?

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

9. What novel idea did Leonardo come up with for protecting a port, an idea which he never brought to fruition?

10. What was the cause of Friar Savonarola's death and when did it occur?

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