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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. Galileo was eager to go to Rome to march with which prestigious group?
(a) Roman Astronomers.
(b) College of Cardinals.
(c) Moravian Mathematicians.
(d) Lyncean Academicians.

2. What word is used by Niccolini that means the same thing as "interfered?"
(a) Intruded.
(b) Excluded.
(c) Meddled.
(d) Muckraked.

3. Which famous man was killed in the same year she was born?
(a) Da Vinci.
(b) Bruno.
(c) Medici.
(d) Copernicus.

4. What is another name for a nun's living quarters?
(a) Cabin.
(b) Cell.
(c) State room.
(d) Cupboard.

5. Maria Celeste worried that the stress of the trial would interfere with Galileo's ____.
(a) Work.
(b) Studies.
(c) Mental state.
(d) Health.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria Celeste tended to write long letters to Galileo on which day of the week?

2. Convents in Italy were different than in other countries because they were permitted to own which of the following?

3. The author speaks at length of the war, which involved which country?

4. Galileo was afraid to send books to Rome because they would be:

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

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