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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26: Return to Milan - Chapter 33: Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During Leonardo's time in Rome with Pope Leo, he was much more interested in what two subjects than he was in painting?
(a) Anatomy and weather.
(b) Phrenology and meteorology.
(c) Pageantry and psychology.
(d) Science and engineering.

3. During the 70 years following the creation of The Officers of the Night in 1432, an average of how many men per year were convicted of sodomy and were sentenced to prison, exile, or death?
(a) 500.
(b) 60.
(c) 120.
(d) 20.

4. From what age had Isabella been betrothed to Francesco Gonzaga, the Marquess of Mantua, when they married?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Thirteen.

5. The profile pose was the standard for portraits of what type of people during the Renaissance?
(a) Illegitimate heirs.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work was Leonardo in the midst of creating when his father died?

2. During the 70 years following the creation of The Officers of the Night in 1432, an average of how many men per year were accused of sodomy?

3. In what year did Leonardo begin painting his portrait of John the Baptist?

4. Leonardo's first version of the painting Virgin of the Rocks is housed in what museum?

5. Santissima Annunziata had a library with how many volumes of books?

(see the answer key)

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