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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After collaborating with Leonardo on a particular painting, Andrea del Verrocchio, Verocchio was reportedly so awed by Leonardo's technique that he never completed another painting on his own. What was the title of the painting on which the two collaborated?
(a) The Adoration of the Magi.
(b) The Annunciation.
(c) Baptism of Christ.
(d) St. Jerome in the Wilderness.

2. Leonardo's first studies of flight were completed as a means to create which type of art?
(a) Storytelling.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Painting.
(d) Drama.

3. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?
(a) French archers used it for target practice.
(b) Heavy rains degraded its foundation.
(c) It burnt to the ground.
(d) Vandals smashed it under cover of night.

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

5. 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) Library.
(d) Museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Leonardo's father Piero when he had a baby with Leonardo's 16-year-old mother?

2. In the same year that Leonardo was born, Italy began a period of how many peaceful years without war?

3. While the horse monument was never completed, Leonardo did complete a model of the monument out of what material?

4. Leonardo believed that deep observation must be done in what manner?

5. When Donato Bramante was hired by Ludovico Sforza to remodel the dining hall of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, what painting was Leonardo hired to create on the dining hall's wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. The essayist Benedetto Dei wrote in 1972 that Florence "has all seven of the fundamental things a city requires for perfection" (26). What were the seven things he named?

2. What qualities of Leonardo's character are discussed as qualities that would have made him a misfit in any place besides Florence?

3. What language did Leonardo decide to teach himself in the early 1490s and what was the result?

4. What is chiaroscuro and how did Leonardo employ it?

5. What information was recently discovered in 2017 about Leonardo's birth mother?

6. What was revealed about Leonardo's looks and personality in early works written about his person?

7. Who was Salai and what were some of his character traits?

8. What was the main source of information used by Walter Isaacson in his writing of Leonardo's biography?

9. Which branch of mathematics interested Leonardo above all others?

10. What were the main techniques Leonardo adopted from his mentor, Andrea del Verrocchio, that would go on to be featured prominently in all of Leonardo's later works?

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