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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. What is the name of the monastery that could have been used to contain Galileo after he left SIena?
(a) Certosa.
(b) Dominica.
(c) Sacred Heart.
(d) San Matteo.

2. Which of the following was not one of Galileo's avid supporters?
(a) Fernando Medici.
(b) Pope Gregory.
(c) Cardinal Barberini.
(d) Francesco Niccolini.

3. What new law began to frighten many of Galileo's colleagues?
(a) Heretic Law.
(b) Mathematicians' Treatise.
(c) Astronomers' Discourse.
(d) Edict of 1616.

4. In what year did Maria Celeste die?
(a) 1639.
(b) 1547.
(c) 1634.
(d) 1642.

5. What word is used to describe Galileo's trial?
(a) Laborious.
(b) Intense.
(c) Biased.
(d) Frivolous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Galileo's host?

2. If Galileo was able to prove that science had a legitimate place in the world, the Pope would no longer appear to be:

3. Which type of clock was invented by Galileo and another person?

4. Compared to Rome, the atmosphere in Venice was refereed to as being _____.

5. Galileo suffered from many ailments involving his eyes. Which of the following was not one of those ailments?

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