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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five, At Siena.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Galileo stay in Rome this time?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 4 months.

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

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

4. What was the name of the place Maria Celeste worked at the convent?
(a) Infirmary.
(b) Apothecary.
(c) Hospice.
(d) Laundrette.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The son was intended to complete his education at a university in which city?

2. Because of a lack of follow through, which inventor came up with the same idea less than twenty years later?

3. Which of the following was not one of the reasons given to the Pope by Niccolini?

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

5. Maria Celeste tended to write long letters to Galileo on which day of the week?

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