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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, To Florence.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was the first letter written from Maria to Galileo?
(a) 1631.
(b) 1645.
(c) 1623.
(d) 1604.

3. What is it called when someone commits a crime against God?
(a) Apostasy.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Blasphemy.
(d) Infidelity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria Celeste recalls being in the garden with her father learning about which of the following?

2. What is it called when someone discredits or speaks out against the church?

3. What was the surname of Galileo's lover and mother to his children?

4. What was the name of Galileo's second daughter to enter the convent?

5. The letter was written to express condolences for the loss of ______, Galileo's sister.

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