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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Galileo tell the Curator would "save millions of scudi in navigation"?
(a) New star charts.
(b) The telescope.
(c) New ships.
(d) New ocean maps.

2. How many years did Sarti work for Monsignor Filippo before working for Galileo?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. Who is Virginia speaking with at the end of Scene VI?
(a) Her father.
(b) Andrea.
(c) The Inquisitor.
(d) Her fiance.

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

5. What happens to Signor Giordano Bruno "because he was not a Venetian and also had no appointment here"?
(a) He was banished from the city.
(b) He was hung.
(c) He was burned at the stake.
(d) He was imprisoned.

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

7. 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.

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

9. What do Cosimo and Andrea break during their fighting on the floor?
(a) A star model.
(b) A chair.
(c) The telescope.
(d) The Ptolemaic model.

10. What epicyclical orbit does Galileo draw on the blackboard when describing his discovery to the Grand Duke of Tuscany?
(a) The sun.
(b) Venus.
(c) Earth.
(d) Neptune.

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

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

13. Where does Galileo place the Ptolemaic system for Andrea to find?
(a) Behind the star charts.
(b) Under the table.
(c) In the broom closet.
(d) In the teapot.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Galileo's daughter, Virginia, in Scene II?

2. Where does Scene V open?

3. What do the Duke and his Court attend after leaving Galileo's home?

4. In the Ptolemaic system model, what does Galileo claim moved?

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

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