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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Inquisitor say is an expert on instruments?
(a) Signor Galilei.
(b) Rector Gaffone.
(c) Signor Vanni.
(d) Cardinal Barberini.

2. What does the Inquisitor want to keep while "damning" Galileo's writings?
(a) The scientific mind.
(b) The ocean charts.
(c) Star charts.
(d) The telescope.

3. What does Galileo tell Vanni that he values after Vanni suggests that Galileo "take up flight"?
(a) Science.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Home.
(d) Family.

4. What manuscripts does Galileo give to the "Little Monk"?
(a) Papers on the sun being the center of the universe.
(b) Papers on why the ocean moves in ebb and flood.
(c) Papers on evolution.
(d) Papers on the inquiry of time.

5. Who does Galileo say are his "favorite readings"?
(a) The Bible and Homer.
(b) The Bible and Socrates.
(c) Socrates and Homer.
(d) Aristotle and Plato.

6. Where does Scene VIII open?
(a) Galileo's house in Rome.
(b) Galileo's house in Florence.
(c) The new Pope's chambers.
(d) The Vatican.

7. What does the Pope tell the Inquisitor that Galileo could not say "no" to?
(a) "To an old friend and a new friend."
(b) "To an old idea and a new vision."
(c) "To an old wine or a new idea."
(d) "To an old friend or a new invention."

8. What author has Galileo begun to read again? (Revealed by Galileo to the "Little Monk" during their conversation in Scene VII.)
(a) Socrates.
(b) Horace.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Plato.

9. What astrological sign does Ludovico align with?
(a) Leo.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Scorpio.
(d) Aries.

10. What type of language does the Inquisitor say that Galileo writes in?
(a) "The language of mathematicians."
(b) "The language of the fishwives and wool merchants."
(c) "The language of the Church, Ecclesiastical Latin."
(d) "The language of scholars."

11. What astrological sign does Virgina align with?
(a) Virgo.
(b) Scorpio.
(c) The Twins.
(d) Capricorn.

12. What does Federzoni think has begun, "the hour of its birth," when the bell does not ring at the time the inquisitors thought it would?
(a) The age of reason.
(b) The age of Galileo.
(c) The age of science.
(d) The age of open-minds.

13. While waiting to hear news of the inquisition, what are the "Little Monk" and Federzoni doing?
(a) Sinking iron needles in water.
(b) Making models of the solar system.
(c) Watching ice float.
(d) Playing chess.

14. Why does Sarti tell Virginia to go to the University to see an astronomer?
(a) To cast her horoscope.
(b) To prove her father's teachings true.
(c) To prove her father's teachings false.
(d) To seek a better husband.

15. While speaking with the "Little Monk" about his family's life, what animal does Galileo talk about ?
(a) A oyster.
(b) A scallop.
(c) A sea urchin.
(d) A crab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Grand Duke want from Galileo when he and Virginia wait to be recognized?

2. When the "Little Monk" spent time with Galileo, while Galileo was in prison, to whom does Galileo compare his work?

3. What year is it at the opening of Scene IX?

4. Where did Scene X open?

5. Who, from Amsterdam, wanted Andrea to ask about Galileo's health?

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