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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, in Rome.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Galileo planned to make a detour on the way to the Vatican to visit his old friend:
(a) Gregory.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Cosimo.
(d) Cesi.

2. In what year was Galileo first told to desist on his astronomical work?
(a) 1615.
(b) 1610.
(c) 1623.
(d) 1620.

3. What was the name of Galileo's brother?
(a) Gambino.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Vincenzo.
(d) Raphael.

4. What was the name of the famous and extremely powerful family from that country?
(a) Vullion.
(b) Montbatten.
(c) Hapsburg.
(d) Constantino.

5. Galileo was afraid to send books to Rome because they would be:
(a) Burned.
(b) Confiscated.
(c) Discarded.
(d) Hidden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person was eager to step forward to help the convent through their leanest hours?

2. In what year did Galileo finally set off for the Vatican?

3. Who would have the final say on the approval of the book?

4. One of the things that got the pope in trouble was his view regarding:

5. What was the name of the convent that housed two of Galileo's daughters?

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