Multiple Choice
Galileo's Dialogue on the Two World Systems was chiefly an attempt to
A) expose the errors in the thinking of Copernicus.
B) support Copernicus through a publication in Italian accessible to a wide audience.
C) attack Luther and Protestant theological restrictions on scientific inquiry.
D) apologize to the church for earlier theories he now saw as mistaken.
E) oppose the dogma and doctrine of the Catholic Church.
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