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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Personal Life - Chapter 13: Math.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The troops of which French king marched through Italy, putting a halt to Leonardo's creation of the horse monument, since his materials were needed to construct cannon?
(a) King Henry IV.
(b) King Charles VIII.
(c) King Francis I.
(d) King Henry II.

2. Which friend of Leonardo's developed the first widely-published system for double-entry bookkeeping?
(a) Corte Vecchia.
(b) Luca Pacioli.
(c) Ludovico Sforza.
(d) Salai.

3. What was the population of Florence when Leonardo moved there in 1464?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 60,000.
(d) 20,000.

4. One reason Leonardo could not devise how to square a circle is that a mathematical process for squaring a circle cannot be done with just a compass and a ruler. Instead, it requires what type of number?
(a) Real.
(b) Transcendental.
(c) Rational.
(d) Natural.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late years of what decade did Leonardo begin to devise contraptions that would enable human flight?

2. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?

3. Leonardo believed that deep observation must be done in what manner?

4. How old was Leonardo's father Piero when he had a baby with Leonardo's 16-year-old mother?

5. On what day of the week was Leonardo born?

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