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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. Leonardo's first studies of flight were completed as a means to create which type of art?
2. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?
3. One reason Leonardo could not devise how to square a circle is that a mathematical process for squaring a circle cannot be done with just a compass and a ruler. Instead, it requires what type of number?
4. The troops of which French king marched through Italy, putting a halt to Leonardo's creation of the horse monument, since his materials were needed to construct cannon?
5. In the same year that Leonardo was born, Italy began a period of how many peaceful years without war?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the books included in Leonardo's personal library inventory in 1492 represent the extreme diversity of his interests?
2. What occasion prompted Leonardo to paint The Last Supper?
3. What did Leonardo mean when he wrote, "He who has access to the fountain does not go to the water-jar" (176)?
4. 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?
5. Discuss an example of Leonardo's use of analogies that led him to new scientific discoveries.
6. How did Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in 1452 affect Leonardo's life and work?
7. 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?
8. What qualities of Leonardo's character are discussed as qualities that would have made him a misfit in any place besides Florence?
9. What was the reason that Leonardo's horse monument was never completed?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the role of Leonardo's longtime companion Salai within the events depicted in Walter Isaacson's biography. How does the author use his role to highlight the themes within the overall narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Examine how Walter Isaacson's book Leonardo da Vinci invites the readers to learn particular lessons from Leonardo and to apply those lessons to their own lives. How does he accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's decision to include full-color images of Leonardo's work within the text. What purpose did he have in mind when including these images and how does the inclusion of these images support the overarching themes and messages of the text? Back up your strong, specific claim about the author's use of photographs with concrete details from the images he includes in the book.
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