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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26: Return to Milan - Chapter 33: Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant scientific discovery did Leonardo make during his autopsy of the centenarian?
(a) The process that occurs within digestion.
(b) The process that leads to acid reflux disease.
(c) The process by which cancer invades the body.
(d) The process that leads to arteriosclerosis.

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

3. In 2009, technicians were able to use infrared imaging techniques in order to expose what hidden piece of Leonardo's first version of Virgin of the Rocks?
(a) Three prophets who had been removed from the final piece.
(b) An underdrawing used to compose the painting.
(c) A second painting under the first.
(d) Three wise men who had been removed from the final piece.

4. Which friend of Leonardo's developed the first widely-published system for double-entry bookkeeping?
(a) Corte Vecchia.
(b) Ludovico Sforza.
(c) Luca Pacioli.
(d) Salai.

5. Leonardo insisted that all boundaries within both art and nature were what?
(a) Blurred.
(b) Impossible.
(c) Distinct.
(d) Invisible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cesare Borgia became the first man in history to perform what action?

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

3. The child featured in Leonardo's work Madonna of the Yardwinder is reaching for what object?

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

5. What is meant by the words "Il sole no si muove"? (439)

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