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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction: I Can Also Paint and Chapter 1: Childhood - Chapter 6: Court Entertainer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sigmund Freud wrote a short book psychoanalyzing Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering over his crib, Freud mistakenly analyzed the symbolism of what type of bird visiting Leonardo?
(a) A starling.
(b) A vulture.
(c) A crane.
(d) An eagle.

2. Which European city had the greatest percentage of literate citizens in 1472?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Milan.
(c) Florence.
(d) Berlin.

3. What is the term for the technique that uses contrasts of light and shadow in order to achieve the appearance of three dimensions in a two-dimensional work?
(a) Juxtaposition.
(b) Staccato.
(c) Stippling.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

4. How many godparents gave witness to Leonardo's birth?
(a) 20.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

5. While Leonardo often drew and painted full-body male nudes, by contrast, almost all of the women he painted were what?
(a) Hiding their nakedness with their hair.
(b) Clothed and shown from the waist down.
(c) Clothed and shown from the waist up.
(d) Turned away from the viewer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the same year that Leonardo was born, Italy began a period of how many peaceful years without war?

2. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?

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

4. What was the population of Florence in 1300 before the devastation caused by the Black Death?

5. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?

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