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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: The Nature of Man - Chapter 19: Personal Turmoil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leonardo's work entitled Codex Madrid I is largely devoted to the design of what?
(a) River diversion techniques.
(b) Irrigation techniques.
(c) More efficient machinery.
(d) A perpetual motion machine.

2. Lady with an Ermine is painted on a panel made of what type of wood?
(a) Walnut.
(b) Teak.
(c) Birch.
(d) Cherry.

3. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?
(a) Paul II.
(b) Innocent VIII.
(c) Pius II.
(d) Alexander VI.

4. The fashions worn by the subject of Lady with an Ermine became fashionable in Milan in 1489 when Gian Galeazzo Sforza was married to whom?
(a) Catherine of Aragon.
(b) Isabella of Aragon.
(c) The Duchess of Cypress.
(d) Lucrezia Borgia.

5. How old was Leonardo when Salai came to live with him?
(a) 50.
(b) 24.
(c) 38.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the primary characteristic of Leonardo's angel in the painting Virgin of the Rocks that causes it to be much discussed by scholars?

5. What was different about Leonardo's drawings of machines than those of his contemporaries?

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