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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the strips of paper on the Ptolemaic system model have written on them?
(a) Names of moons.
(b) Names of planets.
(c) Names of stars.
(d) Names of galaxies.

2. According to the "Very Thin Monk," what is equated with the home of the human race?
(a) The moons of Jupiter.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The sun.
(d) A wondering star.

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

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

5. Where does Scene VI open?
(a) Ludovico's home.
(b) Cardinal Bellarmin's House in Rome.
(c) Galileo's home.
(d) The Court of Florence.

6. How old is Andrea in Scene I?
(a) 8 years old.
(b) 12 years old.
(c) 14 years old.
(d) 10 years old.

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

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

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

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

11. What does Sarti hand to Galileo while he was telling her about the new discoveries in science?
(a) A letter of interest in Galileo's work.
(b) A letter of recommendation.
(c) A bill from the bookstore.
(d) A bill from the milkman.

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

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

14. What prediction does Galileo make to Andrea about astronomy?
(a) That "astronomy will never falter him."
(b) That "astronomy will be honored by Kings and Queens."
(c) That "astronomy will be talked about in the market-places."
(d) That "astronomy will be challenged again and again."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Ludovico Marsili's letter say he has studied?

3. What does Galileo tell Andrea to put on the table? (Scene I)

4. According to Galileo, who were the ones that were "no longer moved by reason"?

5. How many years did Sarti work for Monsignor Filippo before working for Galileo?

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