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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of organization was the Compagnia di San Luca that Leonardo joined in 1472?
2. On what day of the week was Leonardo born?
3. Leonardo followed what type of restrictive diet throughout his life?
4. Which friend of Leonardo's developed the first widely-published system for double-entry bookkeeping?
5. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the reasons that Renaissance Italy has come to be known as "a golden age for bastards" (9)?
2. Who was Salai and what were some of his character traits?
3. What was the reason that Leonardo's horse monument was never completed?
4. 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?
5. In what way did Leonardo's illegitimacy grant him certain freedoms?
6. 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?
7. What was revealed about Leonardo's looks and personality in early works written about his person?
8. What occasion prompted Leonardo to paint The Last Supper?
9. What language did Leonardo decide to teach himself in the early 1490s and what was the result?
10. What does Walter Isaacson say was the main lesson he tried to take from Leonardo's life in order to apply it to his own life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the role of Leonardo's longtime companion Salai within the events depicted in Walter Isaacson's biography. How does the author use his role to highlight the themes within the overall narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the role of Leonardo's first mentor Verrucchio within the events depicted in Walter Isaacson's biography. How does the author use his role to highlight the themes within the overall narrative?
Essay Topic 3
How is the theme of obsession portrayed in Walter Isaacson's biography of Leonardo da Vinci? Examine the author's treatment of and messages regarding obsession throughout the book.
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