An Engineer at Court: teacher key

Leonardo da Vinci, grade 7 edition, written for 7th grade. See how Leonardo da Vinci worked as an artist and an engineer. Read about his notebooks, his flying machines and the paintings people know best.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did Leonardo call himself when he arrived in Milan in 1482?
   • A war engineer, architect, sculptor, painter and musician (answer)
   • A king
   • A teacher of fire
2. What does sfumato do to a figure in a painting?
   • It makes the figure bright
   • It wraps the figure in a misty haze (answer)
   • It turns the figure to stone
3. Which machines were many of Leonardo's flying machines?
   • Ornithopters (answer)
   • Boats
   • Clocks
4. What did the Science Museum build?
   • Models of some of Leonardo's ideas (answer)
   • A copy of the Louvre
   • A flying school
5. Why might a flying machine with flapping wings not have worked?
   • People do not have enough muscle power and endurance (answer)
   • Birds do not fly
   • Wings are painted
6. Where was Leonardo's last home?
   • Château du Clos Lucé (answer)
   • The British Library
   • Verrocchio's workshop

Words

• Renaissance: a time
• sfumato: a misty style
• ornithopters: flapping machines
• workshop: art room