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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, in Rome.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The man was killed, in part, for stating which of the following:
(a) Earth travels around the Sun.
(b) Earth is not flat.
(c) Galileo should be canonized.
(d) There are other planets in the galaxy.

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

4. Officials from which region would be responsible for approving Galileo's manuscript?
(a) Padua.
(b) Venice.
(c) Rome.
(d) Florence.

5. In what year was Galileo first told to desist on his astronomical work?
(a) 1615.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1620.
(d) 1610.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe something that is opposite or against?

2. Shortly after, Vincenzo and Sestilia announced the birth of their second child, a boy named:

3. Who assisted Galileo and Maria Celeste in one particular project?

4. Galileo was eventually named head mathematician and philosopher to which of the following people?

5. What word is often used in regards to the presence of the Sun?

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