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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five, At Siena.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to impress the new pope, Galileo sent a copy of his yet to be published work titled:
(a) Investigating the Milky Way.
(b) Treatise on the Tides.
(c) Monologue on the Moons.
(d) Discourse on the Stars.

2. Because of a lack of follow through, which inventor came up with the same idea less than twenty years later?
(a) Newton.
(b) Whitford.
(c) Huygens.
(d) Gamba.

3. In 1633, the nuns complained of the excessive ____.
(a) Petitioners.
(b) Heat.
(c) Lack of food.
(d) Number of rats.

4. In what year did Galileo finally set off for the Vatican?
(a) 1624.
(b) 1643.
(c) 1622.
(d) 1631.

5. Which item is not mentioned in the observations on gravity?
(a) Lemon.
(b) Cannonball.
(c) Towers.
(d) Watermelon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria Celeste took on the role of teacher in which area?

2. How many years did it take Galileo to write that particular work?

3. What is the name of the order at the convent?

4. There was great hope that Galileo's new book would be published in which country?

5. Shortly after, Vincenzo and Sestilia announced the birth of their second child, a boy named:

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