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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which person was eager to step forward to help the convent through their leanest hours?
(a) Elisa.
(b) Arcangela.
(c) Mariana.
(d) Cristina.

2. What was the name of the place Maria Celeste worked at the convent?
(a) Apothecary.
(b) Hospice.
(c) Infirmary.
(d) Laundrette.

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

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

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

6. One of the Pope's favorite passages of Galileo's work compares good philosophers to which bird?
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Coot.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Eagle.

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

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

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

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

11. 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) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

12. What was the daughter's first name after she was taken into the convent and received her vows?
(a) Livia.
(b) Angelica.
(c) Therese.
(d) Maria.

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

14. Convents in Italy were different than in other countries because they were permitted to own which of the following?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Property.
(c) Cars.
(d) Farm equipment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author speaks at length of the war, which involved which country?

2. In addition to regular financial aid, Galileo began to work as a ______ at the convent.

3. The letter was written to express condolences for the loss of ______, Galileo's sister.

4. What new law began to frighten many of Galileo's colleagues?

5. The man was killed, in part, for stating which of the following:

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