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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. How old was Leonardo when Salai came to live with him?
2. Leonardo's work entitled Codex Madrid I is largely devoted to the design of what?
3. What is the term for the technique Leonardo invented that sought to blend shadows and lights so that no borders or lines were apparent?
4. The troops of which French king marched through Italy, putting a halt to Leonardo's creation of the horse monument, since his materials were needed to construct cannon?
5. When Leonardo came upon a cave while hiking near Florence, what type of fossilized animal did he discover within the confines of the cave?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Which branch of mathematics interested Leonardo above all others?
3. What plan did Leonardo have for the casting of the horse monument that no one had ever attempted before?
4. What is chiaroscuro and how did Leonardo employ it?
5. 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?
6. How did the books included in Leonardo's personal library inventory in 1492 represent the extreme diversity of his interests?
7. What were the underlying reasons for Leonardo's vegetarianism?
8. What language did Leonardo decide to teach himself in the early 1490s and what was the result?
9. When Leonardo joined a competition of architects, what was the assigned task for the contest?
10. What did Leonardo mean when he wrote, "He who has access to the fountain does not go to the water-jar" (176)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the author's message regarding intrinsic motivation versus extrinsic motivation within his biography of Leonardo da Vinci?
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 eccentricity depicted within the narrative of Walter Isaacson's book?
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