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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Leonardo wrote that what type of light is best for a portrait?
(a) Marbled.
(b) Muted.
(c) Bright.
(d) Shadowed.

3. From whom did Isabella borrow a portrait by Leonardo so that she could decide which artist should paint her portrait?
(a) Cecilia Gallerina.
(b) Salai.
(c) Lucrezia Borgia.
(d) Ludovico Borgia.

4. How did Florence save itself from plunder by Cesare Borgia and his armies?
(a) The city's army defeated the forces with cannon fire.
(b) The city's merchants promised a percentage of their sales.
(c) Officials paid an annual bribe.
(d) Officials promised loyalty in perpetuity.

5. When he returned to Florence once again in 1500, Leonardo set up what type of workshop?
(a) Collaborative.
(b) Secret.
(c) Medical.
(d) Religious.

6. The parts of a scene that get the most direct light have the greatest saturation of what?
(a) Paint.
(b) Color.
(c) Shadow.
(d) Texture.

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

8. During his prolonged study of optics, Leonardo dissected the eyes of humans and what other animal?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cows.
(d) Cats.

9. How many illegitimate children did Pope Alexander VI have?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

10. Leonardo believed that the secret to modeling three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface was not the use of lines, but instead the use of what?
(a) Shadows.
(b) Crosshatching.
(c) Curves.
(d) Stippling.

11. One of Leonardo's most famous lost paintings is entitled Lena and the what?
(a) Swan.
(b) Peacock.
(c) Albatross.
(d) Dove.

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

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

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

15. The Marquess of Mantua, Francesco Gonzaga, was taken hostage for three years in what location?
(a) Milan.
(b) Venice.
(c) Florence.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Leonardo entered the service of Cesare Borgia at the age of 50, how old was Cesare Borgia?

2. When Leonardo moved back to Florence in 1500, in what type of location did he take up residence?

3. In what year did the friar Savonarola depose the Medici family and institute a fundamentalist regime in Florence?

4. The first version of Leonardo's painting Virgin of the Rocks was completed in what year?

5. When Leonardo went to Venice in 1500 in order to offer military advice to defend against a threatened invasion, which country was threatening to invade Venice?

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