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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. In order to impress the new pope, Galileo sent a copy of his yet to be published work titled:
(a) Treatise on the Tides.
(b) Monologue on the Moons.
(c) Investigating the Milky Way.
(d) Discourse on the Stars.

2. How old was Maria Celeste when she entered the convent?
(a) 17.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 11.

3. Maria Celeste recalls being in the garden with her father learning about which of the following?
(a) Tides.
(b) Telescope.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Mathematics.

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

5. In what year did Galileo finally set off for the Vatican?
(a) 1622.
(b) 1631.
(c) 1643.
(d) 1624.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Galileo went to work in the court of which royal?

3. Galileo left his son with Marina and took his daughters to which Italian city?

4. In 1627, Italy was on the brink of which upcoming skirmish?

5. The man was killed, in part, for stating which of the following:

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