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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Galileo tell Andrea to put on the table? (Scene I)
(a) Jam.
(b) Wine.
(c) Milk.
(d) Bread.

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

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

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

7. What is the date of the opening of Scene III?
(a) April 17, 1615.
(b) January 10, 1590.
(c) January 10, 1610.
(d) April1, 1611.

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

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

10. What does the First Scholar see that Galileo dropped?
(a) A crystal.
(b) A stone.
(c) A map.
(d) A coin.

11. What are the globes on the Ptolemaic system model made of?
(a) Crystal.
(b) Stone.
(c) Marble.
(d) Clay.

12. Why does Galileo tell Virginia that they move to Florence?
(a) To work for the University.
(b) So he could be the Court Mathematician.
(c) To find her a husband.
(d) So that he could sell his telescopes.

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

14. What invention does Ludovico tell Galileo about that he has just seen in Holland?
(a) "The glass that sees."
(b) "The horn that hears."
(c) "That box that talks."
(d) "That funny tube."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the ball, what mask does Cardinal Bellarmin wear? (Scene VI)

3. How old is Galileo when he was arguing with the Curator about salary?

4. Who does the "Very Old Cardinal" claim was the "crown of creation"?

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

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