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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. What caused the delay in Galileo's trip to the Vatican?
(a) Weather.
(b) Death in the family.
(c) Illness.
(d) Financial problems.

2. One of the Pope's favorite passages of Galileo's work compares good philosophers to which bird?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) Coot.

3. Galileo was afraid to send books to Rome because they would be:
(a) Confiscated.
(b) Burned.
(c) Discarded.
(d) Hidden.

4. For some unknown reason Galileo did not save all of Maria Celeste's letters during that year. How many letters did Galileo manage to save?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. What is the name of the Pope's office?
(a) Holy Office.
(b) Vatican City.
(c) St. Peter's Square.
(d) Cardinal's Cell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which item in Maria Celeste's room was in need of repair?

2. At this time Galileo was living in which town or city?

3. Although the Dialogue was never legally banned, its printing was ______.

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

5. What was the name of the convent that housed two of Galileo's daughters?

(see the answer key)

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