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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did this person go?
(a) Loreto.
(b) Trenta.
(c) Marano.
(d) Sellia.

2. What emotion did Galileo experience because of the departure?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Rage.
(d) Fear.

3. Which Pope approved the Edict of 1616?
(a) Paul.
(b) Urban.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Pius.

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

5. Galileo communicated the news of Maria Celeste's death to his friend Elia Diodati, who lived in which major European city?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

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

7. Who left Galileo's presence at this time, much to Galileo's objection?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Livia.
(c) Vincenzio.
(d) Carlo.

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

9. In which year did Galileo mail off the last pieces of the manuscript to his solicitor?
(a) 1643.
(b) 1637.
(c) 1639.
(d) 1645.

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

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

12. Aristotle believed that mathematicians focused on what type of questions?
(a) Inclusive.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Immaterial.
(d) Fascinating.

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

14. in what months did the height of the problem hit?
(a) November and December.
(b) September and October.
(c) October and November.
(d) April and June.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Galileo's trial and exile left him feeling like which of the following?

3. The investigation into these affairs was known as the __________________.

4. Galileo was ordered to cease which of the following?

5. To whom was the book dedicated?

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