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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. How many years did it take Galileo to write that particular work?
(a) 6.
(b) 11.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

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

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

4. Galileo began a new book, the idea for which had been ruminating for nearly ____ years.
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

5. Which Italian city seemed to be the only one spared from the epidemic?
(a) Siena.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Venice.
(d) Padua.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which country was the book eventually printed?

2. When Galileo finished with his work, he sent it to Maria Celeste who would painstakingly _______ it.

3. The author speaks at length of the war, which involved which country?

4. What word is often used in regards to the presence of the Sun?

5. One of the things that got the pope in trouble was his view regarding:

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