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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the population of Florence in 1300 before the devastation caused by the Black Death?
2. When Sigmund Freud wrote a short book psychoanalyzing Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering over his crib, Freud mistakenly analyzed the symbolism of what type of bird visiting Leonardo?
3. What term did Leonardo eventually use to describe the object he hoped would result in human flight due to the device's flapping wings?
4. Much of Leonardo's thinking regarding birds was gathered into a notebook now known as the Codex on the Flight of Birds. How many folios are present within that notebook?
5. Leonardo believed that deep observation must be done in what manner?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the reason that Leonardo's horse monument was never completed?
2. The essayist Benedetto Dei wrote in 1972 that Florence "has all seven of the fundamental things a city requires for perfection" (26). What were the seven things he named?
3. 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?
4. What language did Leonardo decide to teach himself in the early 1490s and what was the result?
5. How did Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in 1452 affect Leonardo's life and work?
6. How did the books included in Leonardo's personal library inventory in 1492 represent the extreme diversity of his interests?
7. Who was Salai and what were some of his character traits?
8. What was the main source of information used by Walter Isaacson in his writing of Leonardo's biography?
9. What did Leonardo mean when he wrote, "He who has access to the fountain does not go to the water-jar" (176)?
10. Discuss an example of Leonardo's use of analogies that led him to new scientific discoveries.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What ultimate message is Walter Isaacson's biography sending about the nature and value of collaboration?
Essay Topic 2
How is the theme of eccentricity depicted within the narrative of Walter Isaacson's book?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's treatment of the suspenseful unfolding of the story behind La Bella Principessa and what techniques he uses in order to build suspense for the reader.
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