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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 is the primary characteristic of Leonardo's angel in the painting Virgin of the Rocks that causes it to be much discussed by scholars?
2. Cesare Borgia became the first man in history to perform what action?
3. Around the time Leonardo was working on his work entitled Salvator Mundi, he was doing optic studies that investigated how the eyes perform what action?
4. Even though Isabella told Leonardo that she would pay whatever he wished for a painting, he declined. Who then stepped in to offer Isabella one of his own paintings?
5. When Leonardo went to Venice in 1500 in order to offer military advice to defend against a threatened invasion, which country was threatening to invade Venice?
Short Essay Questions
1. What novel idea did Leonardo come up with for protecting a port, an idea which he never brought to fruition?
2. What reasons did Leonardo have for always wanting to portray portrait subjects facing the viewer or in three-quarters view, contrary to the customary profile pose?
3. When Leonardo moved to Milan in 1482, what did he discover about the study of anatomy in that location?
4. What signature element of Leonardo's paintings is missing from the second version of Virgin of the Rocks but is present in the first version?
5. On whom was the painting Lady with an Ermine based?
6. What types of commissions did Leonardo refuse to accept?
7. What were the two colors most favored by Leonardo in the tailoring of both his clothes and the clothes of Salai?
8. How does Walter Isaacson link the qualities of genius and the qualities of obsession within the chapter about Leonardo's first round of anatomy studies?
9. While Leonardo came to the court of Ludovico Sforza hoping to work primarily as a military and civil engineer, what was the nature of most of the work he completed in the decade he was in service to Ludovico Sforza?
10. What was the significance of Leonardo's depiction of the human frontal sinus?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What is the author's message regarding human flaws?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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