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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. How was the man killed?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Burned at the stake.
(c) Shot.
(d) Hanged.

2. In order to impress the new pope, Galileo sent a copy of his yet to be published work titled:
(a) Monologue on the Moons.
(b) Discourse on the Stars.
(c) Investigating the Milky Way.
(d) Treatise on the Tides.

3. What was the major complaint and source of illness at the convent?
(a) Rodents.
(b) Cold.
(c) Spoiled food.
(d) Sick children.

4. 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.

5. To which royal figure was the work dedicated?
(a) Second Baron.
(b) Grand Duke.
(c) Crown Prince.
(d) Viscount of Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. By this time Mrs. Niccolini had earned the title of __________.

2. How was Cardinal Barberini related to Pope Urban?

3. What was the first name of Mrs. Niccolini?

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?

5. In what year was the ban effectively lifted from the work?

(see the answer key)

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