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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four, In Care of the Tuscan Embassy, Villa Medici, Rome.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many copies of the book were published once it was approved?
(a) 2500.
(b) 500.
(c) 1000.
(d) 750.

2. The author speaks at length of the war, which involved which country?
(a) Lichtenstein.
(b) Spain.
(c) Austria.
(d) England.

3. How many years did it take Galileo to write that particular work?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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

5. How old was Maria Celeste when she took her vows?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1627, Italy was on the brink of which upcoming skirmish?

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

3. What was the surname of Galileo's lover and mother to his children?

4. It is erroneously reported that Galileo was tried in which year?

5. In 1623, one of the following was named as the new pope. Which man was it?

(see the answer key)

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