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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four, In Care of the Tuscan Embassy, Villa Medici, Rome.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the town where the convent was located?
(a) Naples.
(b) Arcetri.
(c) Padua.
(d) Pisa.

2. What was the name of Galileo's second daughter to enter the convent?
(a) Constance.
(b) Maria.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Livia.

3. What caused the delay in Galileo's trip to the Vatican?
(a) Weather.
(b) Death in the family.
(c) Financial problems.
(d) Illness.

4. Maria Celeste tended to write long letters to Galileo on which day of the week?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

5. Due to Galileo's poor health, Niccolini repeatedly petitioned the Pope, asking for _________.
(a) Expediency.
(b) Mistrial.
(c) Continuation.
(d) Revocation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the Dialogue was never legally banned, its printing was ______.

2. How many cardinals would preside over Galileo's trial?

3. When Galileo arrived in Rome, he was lodged at which of the following?

4. Because of a lack of follow through, which inventor came up with the same idea less than twenty years later?

5. How old was Maria Celeste when she entered the convent?

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