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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. What caused Leonardo's Madonna of the Yardwinder to become one of his most influential paintings?
(a) It was delivered to the French court and widely copied.
(b) It was delivered to the Viennese court and widely copied.
(c) It was delivered to the Austrian court and widely copied.
(d) It was delivered to the Portuguese court and widely copied.

2. Who used Cesare Borgia as a model of cleverness in his work The Prince?
(a) Dante.
(b) Ovid.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Boccaccio.

3. How old was Salai when he came to live with Leonardo?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

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

5. In May of 1504, Isabella gave up on her quest to get Leonardo to paint her portrait, telling him that instead he could paint a portrait for her of what person?
(a) Mary Magdalene.
(b) Lucrezia Borgia.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How tall was Michelangelo's statue David?

3. In the Belvedere gardens of Leonardo's new home in Rome, there was a sanctuary containing what?

4. What Bible story did Leonardo refute in his treatise on fossils?

5. During Savonarola's rule of Florence, a militia of what was organized to police the streets and to enforce moral righteousness?

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