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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: The Nature of Man - Chapter 19: Personal Turmoil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How soon after Leonardo's birth did his father Piero marry Albiera, Leonardo's stepmother?
(a) One week after.
(b) Eight years after.
(c) Eight months after.
(d) Two years after.

2. The four universal conditions of men, according to Leonardo, were mirth, weeping, fighting, and what?
(a) Labor.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Misery.

3. 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?
(a) Masculinity.
(b) Androgyny.
(c) Asexuality.
(d) Youth.

4. What position was held by legitimate first-born sons in Leonardo's family, stretching back at least five generations?
(a) Tax collector.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Banker.
(d) Notary.

5. Rather than being shown in profile, as was traditional, the subject of Lady with an Ermine is shown in what way?
(a) In full frontal view.
(b) From the neck up.
(c) From the knees up.
(d) In three-quarters view.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of paint did Leonardo use to create the work entitled Lady with an Ermine?

2. Rather than being a surname of Leonardo's, what does the phrase "da Vinci" indicate?

3. What term did Leonardo eventually use to describe the object he hoped would result in human flight due to the device's flapping wings?

4. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?

5. While Leonardo often drew and painted full-body male nudes, by contrast, almost all of the women he painted were what?

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