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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. Which item in Maria Celeste's room was in need of repair?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Sink.
(c) Door handle.
(d) Window.

2. What was the name of the youngest Galilei child.
(a) Vincenzo.
(b) Mario.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Guiseppe.

3. How many copies of the book were published once it was approved?
(a) 500.
(b) 1000.
(c) 2500.
(d) 750.

4. What is it called when one builds a model of a new product?
(a) Prototype.
(b) Sample.
(c) Rendering.
(d) Model.

5. It is erroneously reported that Galileo was tried in which year?
(a) 1639.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1621.
(d) 1637.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bystanders were at the meeting of Galileo and the Office of the Inquisition?

2. 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?

3. Maria Celeste recalls being in the garden with her father learning about which of the following?

4. How long did it take before the printing was complete?

5. What was the name of the famous and extremely powerful family from that country?

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