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(Misspellings are so that students that misspell (Galiley) will find this webpage too.)
1) Paolo Antonio Foscarini's book in 1615 suggested that ...

the Copernican theory did not disagree with The Bible
the Copernican theory is heresy
none of the above is correct


2) Fill in the correct missing words:

... wrote in ... that the book of the universe is written the language of ...

Kepler ___ Selenographia ___ philosophy
Galileo ___ The Assayer ___ mathematics


3) When did Galileo discover Jupiter's moons?

January 1601
January 1610
January 1611


4) What was Galileo's wife called?

Marina Gamba
Galileo never married.


5) The Starry Messenger was published in ...

1608
1680
1610
1601


6) The Assayer was a book on scientific reasoning and comets and was written in 1623.

True
False


7) Did Aristotle and Galileo work closely together on the three laws of planetary motion?

Yes
No


8) Pick the correct statement:

Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems was published in 1632.
Discussion on the Two Major World Systems was published in 1623.
Dialogue on the Two Worldly Systems was published in 1632.
Dialogue on the The Two Solar Systems was published in 1623.


9) What did Galileo discuss in his Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina?

interpreting the Bible with regard to scientific discoveries
Jupiter's moons
Sunspots
None of the above


10) Did Galileo Galiley (sic) leave university with two astronomy degrees behind his name?

Yes
No



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