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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Galileo use to represent the Earth when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?
(a) A milk bottle.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) Andrea.
(d) A chair.

3. When, according to Galileo, does he "get most inspiration"?
(a) When he looked at the stars.
(b) When he read.
(c) When he thought about Virginia's dowry.
(d) When he ate.

4. What does Galileo use to represent the sun when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?
(a) A chair.
(b) A lamp.
(c) A table.
(d) A wash basin.

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

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

7. What year is it in the opening of Scene V?
(a) 1620.
(b) 1610.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1605.

8. What is the name of the Grand Duke of Tuscany?
(a) Signor Ragsord.
(b) Sagamond.
(c) His Royal Highness of Tuscany.
(d) Cosimo de' Medici.

9. 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 Franz Wistne.
(c) Father Micheal Measter.
(d) Father Christopher Clavius.

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

11. According to Galileo, what "grows feeble from being abused"?
(a) Science.
(b) Plight.
(c) Power.
(d) Authority.

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

13. How old is Galileo's daughter, Virginia, in Scene II?
(a) 15 years old.
(b) 11 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 17 years old.

14. According to Galileo, who were the ones that were "no longer moved by reason"?
(a) "The men who turned their backs on science."
(b) "The disciples of religion."
(c) "The dead."
(d) "The skeptics."

15. Where does Galileo tell Sagredo that the light from the moon comes from?
(a) The moon.
(b) Stars.
(c) Earth.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Galileo tell Sagredo the spots on stars were?

2. What do Cosimo and Andrea break during their fighting on the floor?

3. How old does Ludovico say the invention he saw in Holland was?

4. Who does Andrea tell his mother had "worked out" that the Earth went around the sun?

5. Who does the Philosopher say is "Italy's and the Church's greatest astronomer"?

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