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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Virginia in Scene XII?
(a) About 75.
(b) About 55.
(c) About 60.
(d) About 40.

2. What time do the people of the inquisition believe that Galileo would recant?
(a) 2:00.
(b) 8:00.
(c) 12:00.
(d) 5:00.

3. Who does Galileo tell Virginia invited him to Padua?
(a) Ludovico.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Sagredo.
(d) Rector Gaffone.

4. Who claims that Galileo would damn him if he (Galileo) would not see him?
(a) Bellarmin.
(b) Mucius.
(c) Andrea.
(d) The "Little Monk."

5. What happens to Virginia at the end of Scene VIII?
(a) She hit her father.
(b) She faints.
(c) She ran after Ludovico.
(d) She fell down the stairs.

6. Whose palace is the beginning of Scene IX set at?
(a) Andrea's.
(b) Ludovico's.
(c) Bellarmin's.
(d) Medici's.

7. According to Galileo, what gives the "Little Monk" the right to say whatever he wishes?
(a) Hie rank.
(b) The Pope.
(c) His habit.
(d) The church.

8. To where does the "High Official" tell Galileo that he has to go to face the Holy Inquisition?
(a) Florence.
(b) Paris.
(c) Volpi.
(d) Rome.

9. In Scene XI, how many days does the "Little Monk" say that Galileo had been sitting in prison?
(a) 47 days.
(b) 30 days.
(c) 23 days.
(d) 13 days.

10. What does Galileo tell Vanni that he values after Vanni suggests that Galileo "take up flight"?
(a) Family.
(b) Science.
(c) Home.
(d) Comfort.

11. According to the "Little Monk," how many nights passed since he had been able to sleep?
(a) 6 n ights.
(b) 5 nights.
(c) 3 nights.
(d) 7 nights.

12. 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. Mercy.
(b) The great bell of St. John.
(c) The great bell of St. Mark's.
(d) The great bell of St. Michael.

13. 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.

14. What kind of clock is Galileo presented with as a gift from Cardinal Bellarmin?
(a) Lantern clock.
(b) Atmos clock.
(c) Parliament clock.
(d) Cellini clock.

15. Who did Galileo design a smelting-plant for?
(a) Signor Vanni.
(b) Rector Gaffone.
(c) Ludovico.
(d) Bellarmin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the monk say that he has to have permission from before Galileo can see an eye doctor?

2. According the opening of Scene XII, where is Galileo living?

3. At the end of Scene Seven, the "Little Monk" told Galileo that he cannot understand what?

4. At the end of Scene X, what has the Pope finished doing?

5. What does the Pope tell the Inquisitor that he will not have destroyed?

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