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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leonardo first tackled the complexities of depicting shadows when drawing what kinds of objects during his training in Verrocchio's art studio?
(a) Draperies.
(b) Hands.
(c) Columns.
(d) Pieces of fruit.

2. The center of medical research in Milan during the Renaissance was what university?
(a) The University of Pavia.
(b) The University of Catania.
(c) The University of Sannio.
(d) The University of Bologna.

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

4. Pope Alexander VI was the first pope to perform what action?
(a) Excommunicate a heretic.
(b) Get married.
(c) Divorce his wife.
(d) Recognize openly his illegitimate children.

5. Cesare Borgia became the first man in history to perform what action?
(a) Resign from the cardinalate.
(b) Defend the Vatican from attack.
(c) Lead an army wearing clerical robes.
(d) Prosecute an artist for not producing purchased work.

6. Leonardo's packing list for his journey to enter the service of Cesare Borgia did NOT include which of the following items?
(a) A book of white paper for drawing.
(b) A sword belt.
(c) A pair of compasses.
(d) A scalpel.

7. Ludovico Sforza committed what act in order to seize the ducal crown?
(a) Drowned his father.
(b) Stabbed his brother.
(c) Burned the home of his uncle.
(d) Poisoned his nephew.

8. According to Walter Isaacson, what was the paramount theme in Leonardo's art?
(a) The contrast between love and hate.
(b) The spiritual connection between the earth and humans.
(c) Familial connections.
(d) Religious zeal.

9. Leonardo's work Madonna of the Yarnwinder was completed at the request of which courtier within the court of Louis XII?
(a) His treasurer.
(b) His secretary.
(c) His court jester.
(d) His scribe.

10. What type of paint did Leonardo use to create the work entitled Lady with an Ermine?
(a) Watercolor.
(b) Lead.
(c) Tempera.
(d) Oil.

11. 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) A second painting under the first.
(b) Three prophets who had been removed from the final piece.
(c) An underdrawing used to compose the painting.
(d) Three wise men who had been removed from the final piece.

12. How tall was Michelangelo's statue David?
(a) 45 feet.
(b) 12 feet.
(c) 17 feet.
(d) 10 feet.

13. The Florentine tradition known as disegno lineamentum used what to create forms and designs?
(a) Circles.
(b) Lines.
(c) Shadows.
(d) Compasses.

14. What was Leonardo's main reason for studying anatomy?
(a) To improve his art.
(b) To publish his discoveries.
(c) To gain admittance to medical school.
(d) To impress his friends in the medical field.

15. Who used Cesare Borgia as a model of cleverness in his work The Prince?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Boccaccio.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Dante.

Short Answer Questions

1. The drawing entitled Head of a Young Woman is an "exquisite example of Leonardo's use of" what "to create shadows and texture"? (234)

2. Leonardo's initial anatomy studies of 1489 focused on what part of the body?

3. During his prolonged study of optics, Leonardo dissected the eyes of humans and what other animal?

4. From what age had Isabella been betrothed to Francesco Gonzaga, the Marquess of Mantua, when they married?

5. Rather than being shown in profile, as was traditional, the subject of Lady with an Ermine is shown in what way?

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