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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 type of paint did Leonardo use to create the work entitled Lady with an Ermine?
(a) Lead.
(b) Watercolor.
(c) Tempera.
(d) Oil.

2. Authenticity of Renaissance paintings can be difficult to prove due to what habit of the era's painters?
(a) They never worked alone.
(b) They did not believe in auteurism.
(c) They all painted using similar styles.
(d) They did not sign their work.

3. Visual perception occurs along the entire area of what part of the eye?
(a) The iris.
(b) The vitreous humor.
(c) The retina.
(d) The pupil.

4. Who was the subject of the portrait entitled Lady with an Ermine?
(a) Salai.
(b) Caterina Sforza.
(c) Cecilia Gallerina.
(d) Lucrezia Borgia.

5. Leonardo's first version of the painting Virgin of the Rocks is housed in what museum?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) Musée des Troupes de Montagne.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo's Madonna of the Yardwinder is about the size of what?

2. How tall was Michelangelo's statue David?

3. Rather than being shown in profile, as was traditional, the subject of Lady with an Ermine is shown in what way?

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

5. When Leonardo entered the service of Cesare Borgia at the age of 50, how old was Cesare Borgia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Walter Isaacson point to in Leonardo's creation of the painting Virgin of the Rocks that he says illustrates Leonardo's insistence on realism in his art?

2. On whom was the painting Lady with an Ermine based?

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

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

5. What are the two possibilities concerning the angel's identity within the painting Virgin of the Rocks?

6. What reason did Leonardo write in his notebook for his decision not to publicize his findings about how to remain underwater for a long time?

7. What evidence is presented that points toward Leonardo respecting and enjoying the intellectual findings of his friends and peers?

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

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

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

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