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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it called when one builds a model of a new product?
(a) Sample.
(b) Model.
(c) Prototype.
(d) Rendering.

2. How long did Galileo stay in Rome this time?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 months.

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

4. What caused the delay in Galileo's trip to the Vatican?
(a) Illness.
(b) Death in the family.
(c) Weather.
(d) Financial problems.

5. Shortly after, Vincenzo and Sestilia announced the birth of their second child, a boy named:
(a) Carlo.
(b) Fernando.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Michelangelo.

6. Which Pope was often referred to as the "Poet Pope?"
(a) Constantine.
(b) Amadeo.
(c) Urban.
(d) Pius.

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

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

9. The author speaks at length of the war, which involved which country?
(a) Austria.
(b) Lichtenstein.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

10. For some unknown reason Galileo did not save all of Maria Celeste's letters during that year. How many letters did Galileo manage to save?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

11. Officials from which region would be responsible for approving Galileo's manuscript?
(a) Venice.
(b) Padua.
(c) Rome.
(d) Florence.

12. What was the name of the town where the convent was located?
(a) Pisa.
(b) Naples.
(c) Padua.
(d) Arcetri.

13. Maria Celeste took on the role of teacher in which area?
(a) Music.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Art.
(d) Philosophy.

14. Maria Celeste recalls being in the garden with her father learning about which of the following?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Telescope.
(d) Tides.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Galileo was afraid to send books to Rome because they would be:

2. Who assisted Galileo and Maria Celeste in one particular project?

3. Unlike Galileo's daughters, the son was able to become recognized by the church after he had been:

4. Galileo was determined to prove the theories of which famous scientist?

5. The pope was fond of another of Galileo's works, title:

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