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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, On Bellosguardo.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Unlike Galileo's daughters, the son was able to become recognized by the church after he had been:
(a) Baptized.
(b) Legitimized.
(c) Born.
(d) Incapacitated.

3. Galileo left his son with Marina and took his daughters to which Italian city?
(a) Padua.
(b) Venice.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Florence.

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

5. Galileo was eventually named head mathematician and philosopher to which of the following people?
(a) Cardinal Richelieu.
(b) Pope Pius XII.
(c) Grand Duke of Tuscany.
(d) Archbishop of Canterbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did the second daughter adopt?

2. Galileo went to work in the court of which royal?

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

4. What was the name of the place Maria Celeste worked at the convent?

5. What was the name of Galileo's brother?

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