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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five, At Siena.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Maria Celeste when she took her vows?
(a) 13.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 22.

2. How long did Galileo stay in Rome this time?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 6 months.

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

4. Galileo was eager to go to Rome to march with which prestigious group?
(a) Roman Astronomers.
(b) College of Cardinals.
(c) Lyncean Academicians.
(d) Moravian Mathematicians.

5. Which of Galileo's books was finally published in 1630?
(a) Discourse on Gravity.
(b) From Here to the Stars.
(c) Dialogue on the Tides.
(d) Secrets of the Sun and Moon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who would act as judge(s) at Galileo's trial?

3. Anti-Catholics objected to the Pope rejecting Galileo's work solely on:

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

5. Maria Celeste continued to worry about the state of Galileo's ______.

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