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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 was the name of Galileo's brother?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Gambino.
(c) Vincenzo.
(d) Raphael.

2. The man was killed, in part, for stating which of the following:
(a) Earth is not flat.
(b) There are other planets in the galaxy.
(c) Galileo should be canonized.
(d) Earth travels around the Sun.

3. Galileo suggested to Maria Celeste that she petition this Pope for assistance.
(a) John.
(b) Pius.
(c) Urban.
(d) Gregory.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the town where the friend lived?

2. What word was used to describe Maria Celeste?

3. Although it pained her to do so, Maria Celeste often went to Galileo for which of the following?

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

5. Which famous man was killed in the same year she was born?

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