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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 function of the official known as a count palatine?
2. While the horse monument was never completed, Leonardo did complete a model of the monument out of what material?
3. In whose honor was the horse monument intended to be created, with a sculpture of his likeness to be placed upon the back of the horse?
4. How old was Leonardo when Salai came to live with him?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Leonardo mean when he wrote, "He who has access to the fountain does not go to the water-jar" (176)?
2. What is chiaroscuro and how did Leonardo employ it?
3. What plan did Leonardo have for the casting of the horse monument that no one had ever attempted before?
4. What are the reasons that Renaissance Italy has come to be known as "a golden age for bastards" (9)?
5. What language did Leonardo decide to teach himself in the early 1490s and what was the result?
6. In what way did Leonardo's illegitimacy grant him certain freedoms?
7. What information was recently discovered in 2017 about Leonardo's birth mother?
8. Discuss an example of Leonardo's use of analogies that led him to new scientific discoveries.
9. When Leonardo joined a competition of architects, what was the assigned task for the contest?
10. What was the main source of information used by Walter Isaacson in his writing of Leonardo's biography?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Walter Isaacson utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the book and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
Examine the role of Leonardo's first mentor Verrucchio 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 3
Discuss three different women that appear within the book's narrative and compare and contrast their characteristics. How do their roles differ and how are their roles similar? Taken together, what depiction of women is present in the overall narrative of Walter Isaacson's book? Choose concrete details about all three women to support your points.
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