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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. 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) An eagle.
(b) A crane.
(c) A vulture.
(d) A starling.

2. In what year did Johannes Gutenberg begin selling Bibles created on his newly-invented printing press?
(a) 1452.
(b) 1348.
(c) 1501.
(d) 1489.

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 accused of sodomy?
(a) 800.
(b) 200.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 400.

4. Tempera paints were used by artists in Italy prior to the arrival of oil painting. Oil painting came to Italy from what country?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) Germany.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Switzerland.

5. Leonardo believed that deep observation must be done in what manner?
(a) In steps.
(b) In a group.
(c) Improvisationally.
(d) Quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo's first studies of flight were completed as a means to create which type of art?

2. 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?

3. At one point Leonardo "listed the many practical applications that could come from harnessing the power of" (192) what river?

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

5. In the early 1490s, Leonardo undertook the task of learning what language?

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