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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bystanders were at the meeting of Galileo and the Office of the Inquisition?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

2. Where was this person's final destination?
(a) San Bruno.
(b) Cerenzia.
(c) Florence.
(d) Venice.

3. In what country was the book finally published?
(a) France.
(b) Luxembourg.
(c) Holland.
(d) Belgium.

4. What was the name of the doctor that cared for Maria Celeste?
(a) Medici.
(b) Niccolini.
(c) Barberini.
(d) Ronconi.

5. Galileo suffered from many ailments involving his eyes. Which of the following was not one of those ailments?
(a) Cataracts.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Glaucoma.
(d) Pink Eye.

6. While being forced to stay in Rome Galileo gave power of attorney to which of the following?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Vincenzo.
(c) Arcangela.
(d) Maria Celeste.

7. Although the Dialogue was never legally banned, its printing was ______.
(a) Postponed.
(b) Constantly modified.
(c) Painstakingly slow.
(d) Canceled.

8. Maria Celeste worried that the stress of the trial would interfere with Galileo's ____.
(a) Work.
(b) Mental state.
(c) Health.
(d) Studies.

9. What was the occupation of Fra Micanzio?
(a) Physicist.
(b) Theologian.
(c) Grand Duke.
(d) Mathematician.

10. How many years did Galileo live after the death of Maria Celeste?
(a) 1.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

11. What word is used to describe a long and arduous process?
(a) Laborious.
(b) Anti-climactic.
(c) Painstaking.
(d) Tedious.

12. What continued to plague Galileo up until the time he died?
(a) Crohn's disease.
(b) Inquisition.
(c) Loss of Arcangela.
(d) Lack of recognition.

13. What illness would eventually cause Maria Celeste's death?
(a) Rheumatic fever.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Dysentery.

14. By this time Mrs. Niccolini had earned the title of __________.
(a) Ambassadress.
(b) Duchess.
(c) Empress.
(d) Baronness.

15. What was the nickname given to Father Christopher Scheiner?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Ptolomy.
(c) Gioello.
(d) Appelles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anti-Catholics objected to the Pope rejecting Galileo's work solely on:

2. The nuns at the convent rejoiced with the news of Galileo's impending return. Which of the nuns ran to Maria Celeste crying with joy?

3. The book would show observations and theories that went directly against the teachings of which famous man?

4. Maria Celeste managed to keep informed of Galileo's trials with the help of which family member's brother?

5. Maria Celeste hoped fervently that the Pope and others would dismiss the trial once they realized the extent of Galileo's _____.

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