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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Grand Duke of Tuscany come to Galileo's home?
(a) To talk to Galileo about stars.
(b) To talk to Santi.
(c) To see the telescope.
(d) To see Andrea.

2. What does the Curator say that Galileo had invented for the city, calling the invention "excellent"?
(a) A drainage system.
(b) A telescope.
(c) A water pump.
(d) A clock.

3. While talking to Andrea about the ships that had found new continents, what does Galileo call the "dreaded ocean"?
(a) A puddle.
(b) A pond.
(c) A pool.
(d) A lake.

4. What does Galileo tell Sagredo the spots on stars were?
(a) Fire.
(b) Wind.
(c) Craters.
(d) Mountains.

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

6. How many globes surround the center stone?
(a) 8 globes.
(b) 9 globes.
(c) 10 globes.
(d) 12 globes.

7. Where did Ludovico Marsili's letter say he has studied?
(a) Prague.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Holland.
(d) Paris.

8. Who does the "Very Old Cardinal" claim was the "crown of creation"?
(a) The church.
(b) The sun.
(c) God.
(d) Man.

9. In what city does Galileo teach mathematics in the opening of the play?
(a) Padua.
(b) Rome.
(c) Venice.
(d) Paris.

10. According to Bellarmin, whose teachings have been found, by the Holy Office, to be "futile, foolish and heretical"?
(a) Socrates' teachings.
(b) Copernicus' teachings.
(c) Plato's teachings.
(d) Galileo's teachings.

11. What is the monk play-acting? (in the opening of Scene V.)
(a) The he was Galileo.
(b) That the Earth was spinning too fast.
(c) The he was drunk.
(d) The he was looking at the sun through the telescope.

12. Whom does the Inquisitor have taking a transcript of the conversation between Galileo and Cardinals Bellarmin and Barberini?
(a) The lady in waiting.
(b) The clerks playing chess.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Virginia.

13. Who does the Scholar claim is drunk again-while play-acting with the Monk?
(a) Himself.
(b) Mother Earth.
(c) Galileo.
(d) The Duke.

14. Where does Scene V open?
(a) The marketplace in Florence.
(b) Galileo's home.
(c) Venice.
(d) Hall of the Collegium Romanum in Rome.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "Very Old Cardinal" call Galileo because of Galileo's claims?

2. Who does the Chamberlain say is the name of the Astronomer-in-Chief at the Papal College in Rome?

3. What does Sarti offer to the Grand Duke as his Court is leaving at the end of Scene IV?

4. According to Galileo, what "grows feeble from being abused"?

5. According to the Curator, what republic refuses the Inquisition any say in scientific affairs?

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