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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20: Florence Again - Chapter 25: Michelangelo and the Lost Battles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The commission of what art piece led to Leonardo's official appointment in the court of Ludovico Sforza and its accompanying salary and accommodations?
(a) Lady with an Ermine.
(b) A massive horse monument.
(c) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.
(d) The Last Supper.

2. What item of clothing did Leonardo insist upon wearing, even though it was antithetical to the fashions of the time?
(a) An ascot.
(b) Breeches.
(c) A knee-length cloak.
(d) Cunibert shoes.

3. Leonardo wrote that "Painting is based on perspective and perspective is nothing else than the thorough knowledge of the function of the" (274) what?
(a) The world.
(b) The eye.
(c) The divine.
(d) The universe.

4. How many years after Leonardo's birth was Galileo born?
(a) 112.
(b) 50.
(c) 6.
(d) 82.

5. What was Leonardo's favorite branch of mathematics?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Statistics.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Algebra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the fate of Giacomo Andrea, the man who was a student of Vitruvius's works and was like a brother to Leonardo?

2. Throughout his life, Leonardo devised how many different formulas for squaring a circular shape?

3. When he returned to Florence once again in 1500, Leonardo set up what type of workshop?

4. 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?

5. The most basic anatomical knowledge for a painter is the study of what?

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