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Giambattista della Porta: Quiz

  
  

Question 1: Despite this incident, della Porta remained religiously devout and became a lay ________ brother.
Dominican OrderConventual FranciscansCongregation of the Most Holy RedeemerSociety of Jesus

Question 2: Della Porta wrote extensively on a wide spectrum of subjects throughout his life -- for instance, an agricultural encyclopædia entitled Villa, as well as works on meteorology, optics, and ________.
SunStarAstronomyAstrophysics

Question 3: A possible explanation for this lies in Porta's personal relations with ________ after 1579.
AristotleAndrea CesalpinoPaolo SarpiGalileo Galilei

Question 4: By the time ________ started writing new scripts in the 18th Century, the "improvised" comedy had become tired and predictable.
VeniceCarlo GoldoniFlorenceMolière

Question 5: In this book he covered a variety of the subjects he had investigated, including the study of: occult philosophy, astrology, ________, mathematics, meteorology, and natural philosophy.
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-RaziGeberAlchemyIslamic Golden Age

Question 6: In 1586 della Porta published a work on ________.
PhysiognomyPhrenologyUnited StatesEurope

Question 7: The Academia Secretorum Naturae was compelled to disband when its members were suspected of dealing with the ________.
MysticismOccultMagic (paranormal)Religion

Question 8: Works by Giambattista della Porta at ________
Google BooksProject Gutenberg AustraliaProject GutenbergAmazon Kindle

Question 9: Additionally, della Porta perfected the ________.
AlhazenPinhole cameraCamera obscuraOptics

Question 10: Della Porta was summoned to Rome by ________.
Pope Sixtus IVPope Paul VPope Alexander VIPope Clement X
















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