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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was the name of the place Maria Celeste worked at the convent?
(a) Hospice.
(b) Laundrette.
(c) Infirmary.
(d) Apothecary.
2. In what year was Galileo's daughter born?
(a) 1619.
(b) 1600.
(c) 1623.
(d) 1603.
3. How old was Maria Celeste when she took her vows?
(a) 16.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) 13.
4. What is it called when a nun is required to stay inside the convent compound at all times?
(a) Confirmation.
(b) Cloistered.
(c) Imprisoned.
(d) Reformation.
5. Who would have the final say on the approval of the book?
(a) Medici.
(b) Riccardi.
(c) Giambanco.
(d) Delvecchio.
6. How was the man killed?
(a) Burned at the stake.
(b) Hanged.
(c) Shot.
(d) Starvation.
7. Which member of the Medici was installed as the Grand Duke of Tuscany?
(a) Fernando.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Cosimo.
(d) Vincenzo.
8. Shortly after, Vincenzo and Sestilia announced the birth of their second child, a boy named:
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Fernando.
(d) Carlo.
9. What is it called when someone discredits or speaks out against the church?
(a) Sacreligious.
(b) Apostasy.
(c) Blasphemy.
(d) Heresy.
10. What was the name of the town where the friend lived?
(a) Rome.
(b) Acquasparta.
(c) Arcetri.
(d) Arno.
11. Galileo left his son with Marina and took his daughters to which Italian city?
(a) Genoa.
(b) Venice.
(c) Padua.
(d) Florence.
12. In what month did the Pope take office?
(a) November.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) February.
13. 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.
14. The man was killed, in part, for stating which of the following:
(a) Earth travels around the Sun.
(b) There are other planets in the galaxy.
(c) Earth is not flat.
(d) Galileo should be canonized.
15. Galileo was eager to go to Rome to march with which prestigious group?
(a) Moravian Mathematicians.
(b) College of Cardinals.
(c) Lyncean Academicians.
(d) Roman Astronomers.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Galileo arrived in Rome, he was lodged at which of the following?
2. What tragic affliction was responsible for the death of Prince Cesi?
3. In 1627, Italy was on the brink of which upcoming skirmish?
4. For some unknown reason Galileo did not save all of Maria Celeste's letters during that year. How many letters did Galileo manage to save?
5. What was the daughter's first name after she was taken into the convent and received her vows?
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