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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 see Andrea.
(b) To talk to Galileo about stars.
(c) To see the telescope.
(d) To talk to Santi.

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

3. How much is the private tuition that Galileo initially was going to charge Ludovico?
(a) Five scudi a month.
(b) Fifty scudi a month.
(c) Fifteen scudi a month.
(d) Ten scudi a month.

4. Who does the Chamberlain say is the name of the Astronomer-in-Chief at the Papal College in Rome?
(a) Father Christophe Cleminez.
(b) Father Micheal Measter.
(c) Father Christopher Clavius.
(d) Father Franz Wistne.

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

6. How many stars does Galileo find revolved around Jupiter?
(a) 4 stars.
(b) 3 stars.
(c) 1 stars.
(d) 6 stars.

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

8. According to Galileo, when informed upon the Holy Office's findings, who accepted Galileo's observations?
(a) The Pope.
(b) The University of Florence.
(c) Cardinal Bellarmin.
(d) The astronomers of the Collegium Romanum.

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

10. Why does Andrea leave the room when Galileo was asking the men from the courts to look through the telescope?
(a) Andrea said the men were stupid.
(b) Andrea needed to get water for the men.
(c) Andrea's nose started bleeding.
(d) Andrea was embarassed for fighting with Cosimo.

11. 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 imprisoned.
(d) He was burned at the stake.

12. Where does Virginia say she will be married?
(a) Prague.
(b) Florence.
(c) Holland.
(d) Rome.

13. What does Galileo ask the men to trust when looking through the telescope at the stars?
(a) Their minds.
(b) Science.
(c) Their eyes.
(d) Their hearts.

14. What year is it in the opening of the play?
(a) 1609.
(b) 1409.
(c) 1710.
(d) 1510.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of the opening of Scene III?

2. What does Sarti hand to Galileo while he was telling her about the new discoveries in science?

3. What does the stone at the center of the Ptolemaic system model represent?

4. What does Galileo use to represent the Earth when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?

5. What sickness was the "Old Gentlemen" discussing as they climbed the stairs to see the telescope?

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