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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) San Matteo.
(c) Dominica.
(d) Sacred Heart.

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

3. In order to impress the new pope, Galileo sent a copy of his yet to be published work titled:
(a) Discourse on the Stars.
(b) Monologue on the Moons.
(c) Investigating the Milky Way.
(d) Treatise on the Tides.

4. Due to Galileo's poor health, Niccolini repeatedly petitioned the Pope, asking for _________.
(a) Revocation.
(b) Mistrial.
(c) Expediency.
(d) Continuation.

5. Galileo would be allowed to go home if he agreed to do what to the Dialogue?
(a) Rewrite.
(b) Include the church.
(c) Burn.
(d) Modify.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe something that is opposite or against?

2. How old was Galileo when Marina died?

3. Maria Celeste recalls being in the garden with her father learning about which of the following?

4. What was Galileo's official position with the Grand Duke of Tuscany?

5. In what month did Maria Celeste die?

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