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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. What was the name of the convent that housed two of Galileo's daughters?
(a) Convent of the Sacred Heart.
(b) Convent of San Matteo.
(c) Convent of St. Francis.
(d) Convent of St. Augustine.

2. What is it called when one builds a model of a new product?
(a) Model.
(b) Sample.
(c) Rendering.
(d) Prototype.

3. One of the Pope's favorite passages of Galileo's work compares good philosophers to which bird?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Coot.
(d) Sparrow.

4. The author speaks at length of the war, which involved which country?
(a) Austria.
(b) Lichtenstein.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

5. The letter was written to express condolences for the loss of ______, Galileo's sister.
(a) Margaret.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Oliva.
(d) Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Galileo, how many "new" sciences were being introduced?

2. Which Pope approved the Edict of 1616?

3. Maria Celeste worried that the stress of the trial would interfere with Galileo's ____.

4. Which member of the Medici was installed as the Grand Duke of Tuscany?

5. One of the things that got the pope in trouble was his view regarding:

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