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WorksheetsLeonardo's Horse
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Choose the main idea of the passage:
Leonardo da Vinci often studied horses.
Leonardo da Vinci had a beautiful singing voice.
Leonardo da Vinci enjoyed working with bronze.
Leonardo da Vinci was a very talented person.
Pick the detail from the passage does not support the idea that Leonardo was a talented person?
“He had to bring his own experience into whatever he painted.”
“He visited the stables.”
“He could make a bronze horse.”
“he knew where all the bones and muscles of a horse were.”
What did Leonardo think about other artists' statues of horses?
He thought he should visit stable where the horses lived.
He studied the bones and muscles of a horse
He wanted to make his horse statue out of bronze.
He noted that many horse statues did not look natural.
Choose the reason Leonardo wanted to go to Milan?
to convince the duke to let him paint a large religious picture
to deliver a silver flute to the ruler Lorenzo de’ Medici
to convince the duke to let him make a bronze horse
to take charge of entertainment at the duke’s palace
Which sentence contains an opinion?
“He was an engineer, an architect, a musician, a philosopher, an
astronomer.”
“Once he fashioned a special kind of flute made of silver in the shape of a horse’s head.”
“Leonardo was thirty years old now, handsome with curly blond hair.”
“He could make cannons, lightweight bridges, and covered chariots
that couldn’t be broken or harmed.”
In Greek, the word “mousikê” comes from a word that describes special beings that inspire arts or sciences. Which word from the passage most likely has “mousikê” as its root?
measured
midst
muscles
musician
The Latin, the word “palatium” was the location in Rome where the emperors’ houses stood. Use this information to choose the meaning of the word palace in this passage.
horse of a military leader
home of an important person
city where the duke lives
country of Italy
Pick the sentence which best explains the meaning of the simile in the following sentence:
“But you couldn’t show all the muscles on a statue, he said, or the horse would look like a bag of turnips.”
The horse would look exactly like a real horse looks.
The horse would be eating turnips from a bag.
The horse would look lumpy and misshapen.
The horse would be looking at a bag of turnips.
What is the meaning of the word part in the following sentence?
"He had planned the picture and that was an important part?"
a piece of a machine
where hair falls on either side of the head
an actor’s role in a play or show
one portion of a total amount
Which detail from the reading is the best clue to the meaning of “part”?
“He could make cannons,”
“He had planned the picture”
“couldn’t be broken or harmed.”
“So he wrote to the duke,”
Select the the idiom in the following sentence:
"Never mind that he was in the midst of painting a large religious picture in Florence."
Never mind
in the midst of painting
a large religious picture
that he was in
Being an artist was important to Leonardo. Which of the selections below supports this idea?
Leonardo was thirty years old now, handsome with curly blond hair.
Whenever he had a chance, he went back to the horse.
he was expected to take charge of entertainment in the palace
he could play musical instruments
