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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While the horse monument was never completed, Leonardo did complete a model of the monument out of what material?
(a) Clay.
(b) Papier mache.
(c) Plaster.
(d) Aluminum.

3. What was the name of Leonardo's mother?
(a) Piera.
(b) Lucrezia.
(c) Antonia.
(d) Caterina.

4. In whose honor was the horse monument intended to be created, with a sculpture of his likeness to be placed upon the back of the horse?
(a) Duke Francesco.
(b) Cesare Borgia.
(c) Pope Alexander VI.
(d) Ludovico Sforza.

5. Which European city had the greatest percentage of literate citizens in 1472?
(a) Florence.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Milan.

6. The squaring of a circle was a concept first discovered and discussed by what great thinker?
(a) Hippocrates.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Archimedes.

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

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

9. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?
(a) Art studio.
(b) Zoo.
(c) Museum.
(d) Library.

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

11. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?
(a) Leonardo's half-brother's.
(b) Leonardo's cousin's.
(c) Leonardo's stepmother's.
(d) Leonardo's maternal grandmother's.

12. 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) Lady with an Ermine.
(b) A massive horse monument.
(c) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.
(d) The Last Supper.

13. What was Leonardo's favorite branch of mathematics?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Statistics.
(d) Algebra.

14. When Leonardo came upon a cave while hiking near Florence, what type of fossilized animal did he discover within the confines of the cave?
(a) A catfish.
(b) A whale.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A pterodactyl.

15. Leonardo wrote that, "Those who are in love with practice without theoretical knowledge are like the sailor who goes onto a ship without" (175) what two items?
(a) A map and a spyglass.
(b) A compass and a map.
(c) A rudder and a spyglass.
(d) A compass and a rudder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what material was the horse monument to be made?

2. 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?

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

4. How many tons did Leonardo plan his horse monument to weigh upon its completion?

5. 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?

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