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

2. How many years did it take Galileo to write that particular work?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

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

4. What is the name of the order at the convent?
(a) Rule of Saint Clare.
(b) Rule of the Holy Ghost.
(c) Convent of St. Lucia.
(d) Order of the Virgin Mary.

5. The pope was fond of another of Galileo's works, title:
(a) The Academist.
(b) The Geologist.
(c) The Assayer.
(d) The Astronomer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new law began to frighten many of Galileo's colleagues?

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

3. How was the man killed?

4. Galileo was determined to prove the theories of which famous scientist?

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

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