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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which item in Maria Celeste's room was in need of repair?
(a) Sink.
(b) Door handle.
(c) Window.
(d) Telephone.

2. What is it called when someone commits a crime against God?
(a) Apostasy.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Blasphemy.

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

4. In addition to regular financial aid, Galileo began to work as a ______ at the convent.
(a) Handyman.
(b) Gardener.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Philosopher.

5. Who assisted Galileo and Maria Celeste in one particular project?
(a) Sebastian.
(b) Vincenzo.
(c) Sestilia.
(d) Cosimo.

6. To which royal figure was the work dedicated?
(a) Viscount of Rome.
(b) Grand Duke.
(c) Crown Prince.
(d) Second Baron.

7. What was the name of Galileo's host?
(a) Gambini.
(b) Bertolli.
(c) Nicolini.
(d) Barberini.

8. Which of the following was the main carrier of disease at this time?
(a) Rat.
(b) Dog.
(c) Mosquito.
(d) Flea.

9. When Galileo arrived in Rome, he was lodged at which of the following?
(a) Medici Court.
(b) College of Cardinals.
(c) Ambassadors Row.
(d) Tuscan Embassy.

10. Which Italian city seemed to be the only one spared from the epidemic?
(a) Siena.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Padua.
(d) Venice.

11. In 1623, one of the following was named as the new pope. Which man was it?
(a) Cardinal Barberini.
(b) Cardinal Benedict.
(c) Cardinal Mallazzi.
(d) Cardinal Tringali.

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

13. Galileo planned to make a detour on the way to the Vatican to visit his old friend:
(a) Antonio.
(b) Cesi.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Cosimo.

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

15. How old was Maria Celeste when she took her vows?
(a) 13.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the things that got the pope in trouble was his view regarding:

2. How old was the Cardinal when he accepted the position of the Supreme Pontiff?

3. What is the name of the order at the convent?

4. What was the name of the famous and extremely powerful family from that country?

5. In what month did the Pope take office?

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