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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Galileo finally set off for the Vatican?
(a) 1643.
(b) 1624.
(c) 1622.
(d) 1631.

2. What word was used to describe Maria Celeste?
(a) Impetuous.
(b) Unmarriageable.
(c) Imbecile.
(d) Gifted.

3. In 1623, one of the following was named as the new pope. Which man was it?
(a) Cardinal Barberini.
(b) Cardinal Tringali.
(c) Cardinal Mallazzi.
(d) Cardinal Benedict.

4. How old was the Cardinal when he accepted the position of the Supreme Pontiff?
(a) 72.
(b) 55.
(c) 68.
(d) 64.

5. Which person was eager to step forward to help the convent through their leanest hours?
(a) Arcangela.
(b) Elisa.
(c) Cristina.
(d) Mariana.

6. What was the daughter's first name after she was taken into the convent and received her vows?
(a) Therese.
(b) Angelica.
(c) Livia.
(d) Maria.

7. Although it pained her to do so, Maria Celeste often went to Galileo for which of the following?
(a) Clothing.
(b) New shoes.
(c) Advice.
(d) Money.

8. Which type of clock was invented by Galileo and another person?
(a) Anti-movement.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Pendulum.
(d) Mantel.

9. When Galileo arrived in Rome, he was lodged at which of the following?
(a) Ambassadors Row.
(b) College of Cardinals.
(c) Tuscan Embassy.
(d) Medici Court.

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

11. Because of a lack of follow through, which inventor came up with the same idea less than twenty years later?
(a) Newton.
(b) Whitford.
(c) Huygens.
(d) Gamba.

12. Which Italian city seemed to be the only one spared from the epidemic?
(a) Siena.
(b) Padua.
(c) Venice.
(d) Sicily.

13. What was the major complaint and source of illness at the convent?
(a) Sick children.
(b) Cold.
(c) Rodents.
(d) Spoiled food.

14. What was the name of Galileo's contact within the Vatican?
(a) Verardi.
(b) Bacelli.
(c) Riccardi.
(d) Tringali.

15. How old was Maria Celeste when she entered the convent?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. Galileo was determined to prove the theories of which famous scientist?

2. The author speaks at length of the war, which involved which country?

3. In what year was Galileo first told to desist on his astronomical work?

4. What is it called when a nun is required to stay inside the convent compound at all times?

5. In what year was Galileo's daughter born?

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