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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although it pained her to do so, Maria Celeste often went to Galileo for which of the following?
(a) Money.
(b) Clothing.
(c) New shoes.
(d) Advice.

2. What was the name of the youngest Galilei child.
(a) Vincenzo.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Guiseppe.
(d) Mario.

3. Galileo went to work in the court of which royal?
(a) Guido Bruno.
(b) Cardinal Allegretti.
(c) Cosimo de' Medici.
(d) Pope John I.

4. When Galileo finished with his work, he sent it to Maria Celeste who would painstakingly _______ it.
(a) Copy.
(b) Edit.
(c) Proofread.
(d) Bind.

5. The man was killed, in part, for stating which of the following:
(a) There are other planets in the galaxy.
(b) Galileo should be canonized.
(c) Earth is not flat.
(d) Earth travels around the Sun.

6. Unlike Galileo's daughters, the son was able to become recognized by the church after he had been:
(a) Born.
(b) Incapacitated.
(c) Legitimized.
(d) Baptized.

7. What was the name of the famous and extremely powerful family from that country?
(a) Hapsburg.
(b) Montbatten.
(c) Constantino.
(d) Vullion.

8. In what year was Galileo's daughter born?
(a) 1603.
(b) 1619.
(c) 1600.
(d) 1623.

9. Galileo left his son with Marina and took his daughters to which Italian city?
(a) Venice.
(b) Florence.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Padua.

10. What was the name of Galileo's second daughter to enter the convent?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Maria.
(c) Livia.
(d) Constance.

11. What word is used to describe something that is opposite or against?
(a) Ancillary.
(b) Contrary.
(c) Chronically.
(d) Complementary.

12. Early the next year, a quarantine that would last ______ days was put into effect.
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 60.

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

14. What name did the second daughter adopt?
(a) Theresa.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Arcangela.
(d) Michael.

15. What word was used to describe Maria Celeste?
(a) Imbecile.
(b) Gifted.
(c) Impetuous.
(d) Unmarriageable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of a lack of follow through, which inventor came up with the same idea less than twenty years later?

2. Which person was eager to step forward to help the convent through their leanest hours?

3. Which of Galileo's books was finally published in 1630?

4. In what year was the first letter written from Maria to Galileo?

5. What was the surname of Galileo's lover and mother to his children?

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