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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Galileo say he bought instead of paying the milkman?
(a) Records.
(b) Charts.
(c) Pamphlets.
(d) Books.

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

3. Who does the Philosopher say is "an authority recognized not only by the entire learning of antiquity, but also by the Holy Fathers of the Church"?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Plato.

4. What does Ludovico tell Galileo were his interests?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Science.
(c) Music.
(d) Horses.

5. According to the "Very Thin Monk," what is equated with the home of the human race?
(a) Heaven.
(b) A wondering star.
(c) The moons of Jupiter.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Grand Duke of Tuscany?

2. When, according to Galileo, does he "get most inspiration"?

3. Where does Scene VI open?

4. What bell rings as Virginia entered her father's room? (Scene III)

5. How many fixed stars does Galileo tell Sagredo were in the constellation of Orion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Galileo believe that naming the new stars by the name Medici would allow him some leeway on his studies?

2. What does Galileo do to explain the movement of the Earth around the sun to Andrea?

3. Why does Ludovico seem upset with Galileo at the end of Scene II?

4. What does the telescope do for Galileo by January of 1610?

5. Describe why the Ptolemaic system model is accepted by the majority of society as the truth for how the solar system exists.

6. Describe the Ptolemaic system model that Galileo shows to Andrea.

7. Why does the Inquisitor find it funny that Virginia knew nothing of her father's studies?

8. Cardinal Barberini quoted Ecclesiastes, the Preacher, when he first addressed Galileo at the party. What is Galileo's response to the Cardinal?

9. Why does the Inquisitor tell Virginia that Galileo's new picture of the universe was harmful?

10. What is the relevance of the song at Cardinal Bellarmin's party?

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