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What university did Galileo attend?
A
University of Padua
B
University of Pisa
C
University of Florence
D
University of Bologna
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What university did Galileo attend?
University of Padua
University of Pisa
University of Florence
University of Bologna
Galileo was the first to observe which celestial feature of Saturn?
Rings
Moons
Atmosphere
Axial tilt
What year did Galileo die?
1640
1641
1642
1643
What is the title of Galileo's book on mechanics and motion?
"Mechanica"
"Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations"
"Principia"
"Physics of Motion"
Galileo's observations helped confirm the ideas of which scientist?
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
Albert Einstein
Galileo was placed under house arrest for how many years?
5
8
10
12
Where did Galileo conduct his famous experiments on motion?
Tower of Pisa
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Vatican City
Florence
What was the primary belief Galileo challenged?
Earth is flat
Sun orbits the Earth
Earth is the center of the universe
Stars are stationary
Which of Galileo's works was banned by the Catholic Church?
"Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems"
"The Starry Messenger"
"Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations"
"Sidereus Nuncius"
When was Galileo Galilei born?
February 15, 1564
March 10, 1565
January 12, 1563
April 20, 1566
Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground" is considered a precursor to which philosophy?
Nihilism
Existentialism
Realism
Romanticism
What is the full title of Dostoevsky's last novel?
"The Brothers Karamazov"
"The Idiot: A Novel"
"Demons: A Novel"
"The Gambler: A Story"
Dostoevsky spent four years in which Siberian prison?
Irkutsk
Omsk
Tomsk
Tobolsk
What was Dostoevsky's debut novel?
"The Double"
"Poor Folk"
"The House of the Dead"
"White Nights"
Which novel by Dostoevsky features the character Raskolnikov?
"The Brothers Karamazov"
"Demons"
"Crime and Punishment"
"Notes from Underground"
Dostoevsky is often considered a pioneer of which genre?
Psychological realism
Gothic romance
Historical fiction
Satire
Dostoevsky was known for exploring what theme in his works?
Love
Religion and morality
Nature
Science
What narrative style is common in Dostoevsky's works?
Stream of consciousness
Third-person omniscient
Epistolary
First-person narrative
Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" was influenced by which novel?
"Don Quixote"
"War and Peace"
"Anna Karenina"
"Dead Souls"
Which novel by Dostoevsky is set in a mental institution?
"The Double"
"Demons"
"The Idiot"
"The Brothers Karamazov"