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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five, At Siena.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take before the printing was complete?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

2. Which person was eager to step forward to help the convent through their leanest hours?
(a) Cristina.
(b) Arcangela.
(c) Elisa.
(d) Mariana.

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

4. Although the Dialogue was never legally banned, its printing was ______.
(a) Constantly modified.
(b) Postponed.
(c) Canceled.
(d) Painstakingly slow.

5. In the autumn of 1633, Galileo began to experience the onset of which mental state?
(a) Mania.
(b) Nirvana.
(c) Despondency.
(d) Dementia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Galileo suggested to Maria Celeste that she petition this Pope for assistance.

2. In what month did the Pope take office?

3. According to the law, it was likely that many people in Galileo's occupation would be considered to be which of the following?

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

5. Which of the following was not one of the reasons given to the Pope by Niccolini?

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