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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What astrological sign does Virgina align with?
(a) The Twins.
(b) Capricorn.
(c) Virgo.
(d) Scorpio.
2. How old is Virginia in Scene XII?
(a) About 75.
(b) About 60.
(c) About 40.
(d) About 55.
3. What is the date at the opening of Scene XI?
(a) March 17, 1644.
(b) June 22, 1633.
(c) December 14, 1638.
(d) January 11, 1622.
4. What type of language does the Inquisitor say that Galileo writes in?
(a) "The language of the fishwives and wool merchants."
(b) "The language of mathematicians."
(c) "The language of the Church, Ecclesiastical Latin."
(d) "The language of scholars."
5. What does the Pope tell the Inquisitor that he will not have destroyed?
(a) Galileo's writings.
(b) Copernicus' writings.
(c) Aristotle's writings.
(d) Mathematical cables.
6. What does the new Pope, at the opening of Scene VIII, want Galileo to study?
(a) The stars.
(b) The Earth's rotation.
(c) Sunspots.
(d) The moon.
7. At the opening of Scene IX, who is Galileo and Virginia waiting to be admitted by?
(a) The Grand Duke.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Ludovico.
(d) Bellarmin.
8. What does the Grand Duke want from Galileo when he and Virginia wait to be recognized?
(a) A book.
(b) A pamphlet.
(c) A manuscript.
(d) A model.
9. Who does the monk say that he has to have permission from before Galileo can see an eye doctor?
(a) The Rector.
(b) Monsignor Carpula.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Cardinal Bellarmin.
10. What does Galileo call a man who knows the truth and calls it a lie?
(a) A fraud.
(b) A criminal.
(c) A prophet.
(d) A liar.
11. Who does Galileo tell Virginia invited him to Padua?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Rector Gaffone.
(c) Ludovico.
(d) Sagredo.
12. When the "Little Monk" spent time with Galileo, while Galileo was in prison, to whom does Galileo compare his work?
(a) The Mayans.
(b) Plato.
(c) Horace.
(d) Socrates.
13. According to the person from the Grand Duke's Palace, what bell will ring when Galileo recants his teachings?
(a) The great bell of St. John.
(b) The great bell of St. Mark's.
(c) The great bell of St. Michael.
(d) The great bell of St. Mercy.
14. What does the Pope tell the Inquisitor that Galileo could not say "no" to?
(a) "To an old wine or a new idea."
(b) "To an old idea and a new vision."
(c) "To an old friend and a new friend."
(d) "To an old friend or a new invention."
15. At the end of Scene IX, what awaits Galileo?
(a) His Highness, the Grand Duke.
(b) The coach of the Holy Inquisition.
(c) Medici.
(d) The Florentine Court.
Short Answer Questions
1. According the opening of Scene XII, where is Galileo living?
2. Where does Scene VII open?
3. Who, from Amsterdam, wanted Andrea to ask about Galileo's health?
4. In Scene XI, how many days does the "Little Monk" say that Galileo had been sitting in prison?
5. What author has Galileo begun to read again? (Revealed by Galileo to the "Little Monk" during their conversation in Scene VII.)
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