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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Scene XI take place?
(a) An apartment in the Vatican.
(b) In the Palace of the Florentine Ambassador in Rome.
(c) In the Court of Inquisition in Florence.
(d) In the Hall of Trials in Venice.

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

3. Whose palace is the beginning of Scene IX set at?
(a) Andrea's.
(b) Bellarmin's.
(c) Medici's.
(d) Ludovico's.

4. At the end of Scene Seven, the "Little Monk" told Galileo that he cannot understand what?
(a) A drawing.
(b) A model.
(c) A word.
(d) A sentence.

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

6. What does Federzoni say he would rather do if Galileo recanted his teachings?
(a) Not live.
(b) Recant his own beliefs.
(c) Give up science.
(d) Stay in Rome.

7. Who does Galileo tell Virginia invited him to Padua?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Ludovico.
(c) Sagredo.
(d) Rector Gaffone.

8. Who did Galileo design a smelting-plant for?
(a) Signor Vanni.
(b) Ludovico.
(c) Bellarmin.
(d) Rector Gaffone.

9. At the end of Scene IX, what awaits Galileo?
(a) The coach of the Holy Inquisition.
(b) The Florentine Court.
(c) His Highness, the Grand Duke.
(d) Medici.

10. At the end of Scene X, what has the Pope finished doing?
(a) Getting dressed.
(b) Reading Galileo's manuscript.
(c) Eating.
(d) Signing the inquisition.

11. What is Virginia sewing at the opening of Scene VIII?
(a) A dress.
(b) A suit.
(c) Linen napkins.
(d) A trousseau.

12. What does Signor Gaffone give to Virginia, "in mint condition," to give to her father?
(a) A copyright for the telescope.
(b) A letter of intent.
(c) A book.
(d) A manuscript.

13. To what day, did the opening of Scene XII, say that Galileo would be a prisoner of the Church?
(a) For 30 years.
(b) For 100 years.
(c) For 50 years.
(d) Until he died.

14. 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 open-minds.
(c) The age of science.
(d) The age of Galileo.

15. Who does the monk say that he has to have permission from before Galileo can see an eye doctor?
(a) Cardinal Bellarmin.
(b) The Rector.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Monsignor Carpula.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Galileo use to make the iron needle float on the surface of water without sinking?

2. Why does Vanni say Galileo would be better off in Venice?

3. Where had the "Little Monk" grown up?

4. While waiting for Galileo's inquisition to finish, what does Andrea say he fears would never be completed?

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

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