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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 word is used by Niccolini that means the same thing as "interfered?"
(a) Intruded.
(b) Muckraked.
(c) Meddled.
(d) Excluded.

2. The pope was fond of another of Galileo's works, title:
(a) The Astronomer.
(b) The Academist.
(c) The Geologist.
(d) The Assayer.

3. When Galileo arrived in Rome, he was lodged at which of the following?
(a) Medici Court.
(b) Tuscan Embassy.
(c) College of Cardinals.
(d) Ambassadors Row.

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

5. Although the Dialogue was never legally banned, its printing was ______.
(a) Postponed.
(b) Painstakingly slow.
(c) Constantly modified.
(d) Canceled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it called when someone discredits or speaks out against the church?

2. One of the Pope's favorite passages of Galileo's work compares good philosophers to which bird?

3. Galileo was determined to prove the theories of which famous scientist?

4. Convents in Italy were different than in other countries because they were permitted to own which of the following?

5. Which type of clock was invented by Galileo and another person?

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