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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. What was different about Leonardo's drawings of machines than those of his contemporaries?
(a) Leonardo drew all of the different pieces of the machine separately.
(b) Leonardo's drawings did not use color.
(c) Leonardo's drawings were never shown to anyone.
(d) Leonardo's drawings were done using charcoal.

2. Leonardo's most serious longtime companion held the nickname of Salai, which held what meaning?
(a) Little Devil.
(b) Prankster.
(c) Lover of the Arts.
(d) Divine One.

3. 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 Last Supper.
(c) The Annunciation.
(d) The Mona Lisa.

4. What was the function of the official known as a count palatine?
(a) To assess a child's ability to enter a particular trade.
(b) To award custody of children to non-related legal guardians.
(c) To enact the legal process of legitimizing children.
(d) To mediate local disputes between citizens.

5. In what year was Leonardo brought to Florence to live with his father?
(a) 1451.
(b) 1482.
(c) 1464.
(d) 1430.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Leonardo when Salai came to live with him?

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

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

4. What family controlled the republic in place in Florence at the time of Leonardo's arrival in the city?

5. What was Leonardo's favorite branch of mathematics?

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