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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of the opening of Scene III?
(a) April 17, 1615.
(b) January 10, 1590.
(c) January 10, 1610.
(d) April1, 1611.

2. According to Galileo, when informed upon the Holy Office's findings, who accepted Galileo's observations?
(a) The Pope.
(b) The University of Florence.
(c) Cardinal Bellarmin.
(d) The astronomers of the Collegium Romanum.

3. When discussing Galileo's findings regarding the movement of stars, who did the Philosopher think Signer Federzoni was?
(a) Galileo's student.
(b) Galileo's son-in-law.
(c) Galileo's manservant.
(d) Galileo's lens-grinder.

4. What does Galileo ask the men to trust when looking through the telescope at the stars?
(a) Their minds.
(b) Their eyes.
(c) Science.
(d) Their hearts.

5. In what country does the Curator tell Galileo that telescopes were sold in markets?
(a) Germany.
(b) Holland.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

6. What invention does Ludovico tell Galileo about that he has just seen in Holland?
(a) "The glass that sees."
(b) "That funny tube."
(c) "That box that talks."
(d) "The horn that hears."

7. On what date did the inquisition put the Copernican teachings on the index?
(a) December 25, 1616.
(b) April 1, 1618.
(c) March 15, 1616.
(d) October 28, 1629.

8. What does the First Scholar see that Galileo dropped?
(a) A map.
(b) A stone.
(c) A crystal.
(d) A coin.

9. What does Sarti offer to the Grand Duke as his Court is leaving at the end of Scene IV?
(a) A milk.
(b) A biscuit.
(c) An apple.
(d) A flower.

10. When Sagredo asks Galileo about where God was, what is Galileo's answer?
(a) "On earth, buried deeply as to not be found."
(b) "On the moon."
(c) "On the brightest star."
(d) "In us, or nowhere."

11. Who does the Philosopher say is "Italy's and the Church's greatest astronomer"?
(a) Christopher Clavius.
(b) Santri.
(c) Micheal Montrassauri.
(d) Galileo.

12. What do the Duke and his Court attend after leaving Galileo's home?
(a) An inquisition.
(b) The Court Ball.
(c) A knighting.
(d) A trial.

13. What does the stone at the center of the Ptolemaic system model represent?
(a) Earth.
(b) The sun.
(c) The moon.
(d) Neptune.

14. How many fixed stars does Galileo tell Sagredo were in the constellation of Orion?
(a) 5,000 fixed stars.
(b) 500 fixed stars.
(c) 700 fixed stars.
(d) 150 fixed stars.

15. How old is Galileo when he was arguing with the Curator about salary?
(a) 27 years old.
(b) 76 years old.
(c) 46 years old.
(d) 35 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ludovico Marsili's letter say he has studied?

2. What does Galileo use to represent the sun when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?

3. Why does Galileo tell Virginia that they move to Florence?

4. How old does Ludovico say the invention he saw in Holland was?

5. What does Galileo tell Andrea to put on the table? (Scene I)

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