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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. One of Leonardo's most famous lost paintings is entitled Lena and the what?
(a) Peacock.
(b) Swan.
(c) Dove.
(d) Albatross.

2. What was Leonardo's main reason for studying anatomy?
(a) To impress his friends in the medical field.
(b) To publish his discoveries.
(c) To gain admittance to medical school.
(d) To improve his art.

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

4. At one point Leonardo "listed the many practical applications that could come from harnessing the power of" (192) what river?
(a) The Sillaro River.
(b) The Livenza River.
(c) The Montone River.
(d) The Arno River.

5. Who was the subject of the portrait entitled Lady with an Ermine?
(a) Lucrezia Borgia.
(b) Salai.
(c) Caterina Sforza.
(d) Cecilia Gallerina.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Florence save itself from plunder by Cesare Borgia and his armies?

2. Leonardo was the first person to correctly depict what aspect of the human body?

3. What painting was named by the Louvre in 2012 as Leonardo's ultimate masterpiece?

4. The fashions worn by the subject of Lady with an Ermine became fashionable in Milan in 1489 when Gian Galeazzo Sforza was married to whom?

5. Who used Cesare Borgia as a model of cleverness in his work The Prince?

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