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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 insisted that all boundaries within both art and nature were what?
2. The Marquess of Mantua, Francesco Gonzaga, was taken hostage for three years in what location?
3. The child featured in Leonardo's work Madonna of the Yardwinder is reaching for what object?
4. Leonardo's Madonna of the Yardwinder is about the size of what?
5. Around the time Leonardo began his most famous lost painting, he also undertook what life change?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the significance of Leonardo's depiction of the human frontal sinus?
2. What are the two possibilities concerning the angel's identity within the painting Virgin of the Rocks?
3. 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?
4. What evidence does Walter Isaacson provide for his claim that much of Leonardo's thinking was collegial?
5. 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?
6. What evidence is presented that points toward Leonardo respecting and enjoying the intellectual findings of his friends and peers?
7. What were the two colors most favored by Leonardo in the tailoring of both his clothes and the clothes of Salai?
8. For how long did Leonardo live in Florence upon his return there in 1500 and where did he live?
9. How did Leonardo use his knowledge of geology to inform his painting of Virgin of the Rocks?
10. In one of Leonardo's notebooks, he professed his intention to understand what he called universale misura del huomo. What did Leonardo mean by this?
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
Choose a symbolic object from the book, such as Leonardo's inventory of the clothing trunk, Leonardo's short rose-colored cloak, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.
Essay Topic 3
What ultimate message is Walter Isaacson's biography sending about the nature and value of collaboration?
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