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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six, From Arcetri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the man killed?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Burned at the stake.
(c) Shot.
(d) Hanged.

2. Because of a lack of follow through, which inventor came up with the same idea less than twenty years later?
(a) Whitford.
(b) Huygens.
(c) Gamba.
(d) Newton.

3. If Galileo was able to prove that science had a legitimate place in the world, the Pope would no longer appear to be:
(a) Infallible.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Omniscient.
(d) Holy.

4. Maria Celeste was plagued with which malady?
(a) Malaise.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Bronchitis.

5. What was the name of the town where the friend lived?
(a) Rome.
(b) Acquasparta.
(c) Arno.
(d) Arcetri.

Short Answer Questions

1. Galileo went to work in the court of which royal?

2. Galileo's trial and exile left him feeling like which of the following?

3. Maria Celeste managed to keep informed of Galileo's trials with the help of which family member's brother?

4. What was the first name of Mrs. Niccolini?

5. How old was Maria Celeste when she took her vows?

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