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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. Pope Alexander VI was the first pope to perform what action?
2. The drawing entitled Head of a Young Woman is an "exquisite example of Leonardo's use of" what "to create shadows and texture"? (234)
3. In the world of the Renaissance, what did a white ermine represent?
4. The Marquess of Mantua, Francesco Gonzaga, was taken hostage for three years in what location?
5. Ludovico Sforza committed what act in order to seize the ducal crown?
Short Essay Questions
1. Though Leonardo had completed the central part of his painting Saint Anne by 1503, he did not give it to the party who had commissioned it. What did he do with it instead?
2. When Leonardo moved to Milan in 1482, what did he discover about the study of anatomy in that location?
3. What evidence is presented that points toward Leonardo respecting and enjoying the intellectual findings of his friends and peers?
4. What types of commissions did Leonardo refuse to accept?
5. What was the cause of Friar Savonarola's death and when did it occur?
6. What signature element of Leonardo's paintings is missing from the second version of Virgin of the Rocks but is present in the first version?
7. When Leonardo returned to Florence in 1500, how had Florence changed in the time he had been away?
8. What was the significance of Leonardo's depiction of the human frontal sinus?
9. In the mid-1490s, Leonardo put aside his work on anatomy and would not return to it for another decade. What endeavor did he begin upon dropping his anatomy studies?
10. How does Walter Isaacson link the qualities of genius and the qualities of obsession within the chapter about Leonardo's first round of anatomy studies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What ultimate message is Walter Isaacson's biography sending about the nature and value of collaboration?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that discusses the author's purpose for his juxtaposition of the two cities of Florence and Milan in his portrayal of the life of Leonardo.
Essay Topic 3
Examine how Walter Isaacson's book Leonardo da Vinci invites the readers to learn particular lessons from Leonardo and to apply those lessons to their own lives. How does he accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?
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