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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was not one of Galileo's avid supporters?
(a) Pope Gregory.
(b) Francesco Niccolini.
(c) Fernando Medici.
(d) Cardinal Barberini.

2. Maria Celeste tended to write long letters to Galileo on which day of the week?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Tuesday.

3. What word is best used to describe a delay or block in an experiment?
(a) Hindrance.
(b) Objection.
(c) Postponement.
(d) Annoyance.

4. Galileo was sent back to Arcetri because his living situation was too pleasant in which city?
(a) Florence.
(b) Rome.
(c) Siena.
(d) Padua.

5. What word is used to indicate a joyous celebration?
(a) Dirge.
(b) Kerfuffle.
(c) Frackas.
(d) Jubilation.

6. What was the main topic of this book?
(a) Heavens.
(b) Motion.
(c) Tides.
(d) Gravitational pull.

7. Which item is not mentioned in the observations on gravity?
(a) Towers.
(b) Cannonball.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Watermelon.

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

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

10. What word is used to reference a report issued by the office to important officials?
(a) Outline.
(b) Discourse.
(c) Summarization.
(d) Brief.

11. In what year was the ban effectively lifted from the work?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1757.
(d) 1803.

12. At this time, Galileo's health was poor. It was recommended that while in Rome, Galileo should stay ___________.
(a) In a hospital.
(b) In bed.
(c) Indoors.
(d) In seclusion.

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

14. What is the standard title given to nuns at the convent?
(a) Bambino.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mother.
(d) Suor.

15. Maria Celeste managed to keep informed of Galileo's trials with the help of which family member's brother?
(a) Vincenzo.
(b) Carlo.
(c) Virgnia.
(d) Sestilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first name of Mrs. Niccolini?

2. What is the name of the monastery that could have been used to contain Galileo after he left SIena?

3. Galileo managed to maintain friendships with powerful people, including which of the following?

4. In the autumn of 1633, Galileo began to experience the onset of which mental state?

5. in what months did the height of the problem hit?

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