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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four, In Care of the Tuscan Embassy, Villa Medici, Rome.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Galileo was forced to travel to Rome to obtain which type of license?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Driver's.
(c) Printing.
(d) Contractor's.

2. Early the next year, a quarantine that would last ______ days was put into effect.
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 60.
(d) 40.

3. What was the name of the town where the friend lived?
(a) Rome.
(b) Arno.
(c) Arcetri.
(d) Acquasparta.

4. How long did it take before the printing was complete?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 9 months.

5. One of the things that got the pope in trouble was his view regarding:
(a) Jewish Re-education.
(b) Catholic Condemnation.
(c) Protestant Reformation.
(d) Pagan Ostracizing.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which royal figure was the work dedicated?

2. Maria Celeste worried that the stress of the trial would interfere with Galileo's ____.

3. It was intended that the girl stay in the convent until her parents could find:

4. How was Cardinal Barberini related to Pope Urban?

5. Galileo was eager to go to Rome to march with which prestigious group?

(see the answer key)

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