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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. After collaborating with Leonardo on a particular painting, Andrea del Verrocchio, Verocchio was reportedly so awed by Leonardo's technique that he never completed another painting on his own. What was the title of the painting on which the two collaborated?
(a) The Annunciation.
(b) Baptism of Christ.
(c) The Adoration of the Magi.
(d) St. Jerome in the Wilderness.

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

3. On what day of the week was Leonardo born?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

4. The commission of what art piece led to Leonardo's official appointment in the court of Ludovico Sforza and its accompanying salary and accommodations?
(a) A massive horse monument.
(b) The Last Supper.
(c) Lady with an Ermine.
(d) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.

5. When Donato Bramante was hired by Ludovico Sforza to remodel the dining hall of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, what painting was Leonardo hired to create on the dining hall's wall?
(a) Salvator Mundi.
(b) The Mona Lisa.
(c) The Last Supper.
(d) The Annunciation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Leonardo brought to Florence to live with his father?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What was the function of the official known as a count palatine?

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