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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. What is it called when someone discredits or speaks out against the church?
(a) Blasphemy.
(b) Sacreligious.
(c) Heresy.
(d) Apostasy.

2. The book would show observations and theories that went directly against the teachings of which famous man?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Newton.
(c) Copernicus.
(d) Fermi.

3. What was the name of the convent that housed two of Galileo's daughters?
(a) Convent of St. Francis.
(b) Convent of San Matteo.
(c) Convent of the Sacred Heart.
(d) Convent of St. Augustine.

4. How old was Galileo at the time of the trial?
(a) 70.
(b) 74.
(c) 67.
(d) 78.

5. In 1630, approximately _____ Florentines died from disease?
(a) 5000.
(b) 10000.
(c) 3000.
(d) 6000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria Celeste worried that the stress of the trial would interfere with Galileo's ____.

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

3. Who would act as judge(s) at Galileo's trial?

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

5. Which member of the Medici was installed as the Grand Duke of Tuscany?

(see the answer key)

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