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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the man killed?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Burned at the stake.
(c) Hanged.
(d) Shot.

2. What tragic affliction was responsible for the death of Prince Cesi?
(a) Scurvy.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Bubonic Plague.
(d) Rheumatic Fever.

3. What was the name of the town where the friend lived?
(a) Arcetri.
(b) Rome.
(c) Acquasparta.
(d) Arno.

4. In order to impress the new pope, Galileo sent a copy of his yet to be published work titled:
(a) Discourse on the Stars.
(b) Treatise on the Tides.
(c) Investigating the Milky Way.
(d) Monologue on the Moons.

5. What is it called when one builds a model of a new product?
(a) Prototype.
(b) Sample.
(c) Model.
(d) Rendering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is often used in regards to the presence of the Sun?

2. What was the name of Galileo's second daughter to enter the convent?

3. What was the name of the youngest Galilei child.

4. Shortly after, Vincenzo and Sestilia announced the birth of their second child, a boy named:

5. Galileo was eventually named head mathematician and philosopher to which of the following people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the reaction of Maria Celeste upon learning the identity of the new Pope. What was Maris Celeste's recommendation to her father? Did Galileo take Maria Celeste's advice?

2. How severe was the presence of the plague in Rome in the 1600s? When was the worst period in history for the plague? How does Sobel refer to the returning plague?

3. What was the purpose of Galileo's next trip to Rome? Who did he see?

4. Discuss Galileo's first trip to Rome to meet with Urban. Also discuss Galileo's friendship with Prince Cesi.

5. When did Virginia take her vows? Where did she get the name Maria Celeste?

6. Describe Maria Celeste's birth and journey to the Convent at San Matteo.

7. Name at least one of the major issues faced by Urban in his new position as Pope. How did Urban respond?

8. When the Galilei children were small, Galileo held two similar jobs in the math and science fields. What were the jobs and where were they? Why were the jobs unusual?

9. Discuss the eruption of the Thirty Years War, how it affected Rome, and who was involved.

10. Who was announced as being the new Grand Duke of Tuscany? In what year was he installed as Grand Duke? To which famous family was the new Duke related?

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