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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. How soon after Leonardo's birth did his father Piero marry Albiera, Leonardo's stepmother?
2. How old was Leonardo's father Piero when he had a baby with Leonardo's 16-year-old mother?
3. What family controlled the republic in place in Florence at the time of Leonardo's arrival in the city?
4. Walter Isaacson states that Leonardo's Vitruvian Man perfectly symbolizes the ideal of what?
5. Leonardo's first studies of flight were completed as a means to create which type of art?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is chiaroscuro and how did Leonardo employ it?
3. What was the reason that Leonardo's horse monument was never completed?
4. In what way did Leonardo's illegitimacy grant him certain freedoms?
5. When Leonardo joined a competition of architects, what was the assigned task for the contest?
6. What symbolism did Leonardo see in the reeds he included in his drawing of Pleasure and Pain?
7. What are the reasons that Renaissance Italy has come to be known as "a golden age for bastards" (9)?
8. Who was Salai and what were some of his character traits?
9. How did Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in 1452 affect Leonardo's life and work?
10. How did the books included in Leonardo's personal library inventory in 1492 represent the extreme diversity of his interests?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the theme of eccentricity depicted within the narrative of Walter Isaacson's book?
Essay Topic 2
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.
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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