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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Galileo would be allowed to go home if he agreed to do what to the Dialogue?
(a) Rewrite.
(b) Include the church.
(c) Modify.
(d) Burn.

2. Galileo managed to maintain friendships with powerful people, including which of the following?
(a) First High Cardinal.
(b) Prince Medici.
(c) Grand Duke of Florence.
(d) Archbishop of Siena.

3. The investigation into these affairs was known as the __________________.
(a) DIsambiguation.
(b) Arbitration.
(c) Crusade.
(d) Inquisition.

4. According to Galileo, how many "new" sciences were being introduced?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

6. In what month did Maria Celeste die?
(a) December.
(b) November.
(c) April.
(d) June.

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

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

9. What word is used by Niccolini that means the same thing as "interfered?"
(a) Excluded.
(b) Muckraked.
(c) Meddled.
(d) Intruded.

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

11. How was Cardinal Barberini related to Pope Urban?
(a) Brother.
(b) Godson.
(c) Nephew.
(d) Cousin.

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

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

14. If Galileo was able to prove that science had a legitimate place in the world, the Pope would no longer appear to be:
(a) Infallible.
(b) Omniscient.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Holy.

15. Galileo was plagued with which affliction?
(a) Depression.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Hypertension.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bystanders were at the meeting of Galileo and the Office of the Inquisition?

2. What illness would eventually cause Maria Celeste's death?

3. At this time Galileo was living in which town or city?

4. What word is used to describe Galileo's trial?

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

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