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

2. Convents in Italy were different than in other countries because they were permitted to own which of the following?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Property.
(c) Cars.
(d) Farm equipment.

3. What word is often used in regards to the presence of the Sun?
(a) Solicentric.
(b) Atrophic.
(c) Solar.
(d) Heliocentric.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did the second daughter adopt?

2. How many years did it take Galileo to write that particular work?

3. Galileo was eager to go to Rome to march with which prestigious group?

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

5. In what year did Galileo finally set off for the Vatican?

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