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

2. The squaring of a circle was a concept first discovered and discussed by what great thinker?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Hippocrates.
(d) Archimedes.

3. Rather than being a surname of Leonardo's, what does the phrase "da Vinci" indicate?
(a) Leonardo's status as his father's firstborn son.
(b) Leonardo's illegitimate status.
(c) Leonardo's hailing from the town of Vinci.
(d) Leonardo's status as a polymath.

4. When Leonardo came upon a cave while hiking near Florence, what type of fossilized animal did he discover within the confines of the cave?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A whale.
(c) A pterodactyl.
(d) A catfish.

5. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?
(a) Leonardo's half-brother's.
(b) Leonardo's cousin's.
(c) Leonardo's maternal grandmother's.
(d) Leonardo's stepmother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book written by Luca Pacioli included 60 illustrations by Leonardo, the only drawings Leonardo ever published in his lifetime?

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

3. Isaacson writes that "No scientist before Leonardo had methodically shown how birds" (183) perform what action?

4. What position was held by legitimate first-born sons in Leonardo's family, stretching back at least five generations?

5. What item of clothing did Leonardo insist upon wearing, even though it was antithetical to the fashions of the time?

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