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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Scene VII open?
(a) In the Hall of Inquisition.
(b) A monastery.
(c) Galileo's home.
(d) In the Palace of the Florentine Ambassador in Rome.

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

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

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

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

6. According the opening of Scene XII, where is Galileo living?
(a) In a jail cell.
(b) In a country house near Florence.
(c) In Venice.
(d) In Virginia's home under lock and key.

7. 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 science.
(b) The age of Galileo.
(c) The age of reason.
(d) The age of open-minds.

8. Where does Galileo hide a copy of his Discorsi?
(a) Behind his star charts.
(b) The globe.
(c) A false bottom in his desk.
(d) In his bed.

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

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

11. What kind of clock is Galileo presented with as a gift from Cardinal Bellarmin?
(a) Atmos clock.
(b) Parliament clock.
(c) Cellini clock.
(d) Lantern clock.

12. When the "Little Monk" spent time with Galileo, while Galileo was in prison, to whom does Galileo compare his work?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Horace.
(c) The Mayans.
(d) Plato.

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

14. Who, from Amsterdam, wanted Andrea to ask about Galileo's health?
(a) Fabricius.
(b) Francico.
(c) Demetrius.
(d) Stephen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the dates that Scene XII took place?

2. What gift is sent to Galileo by "someone passing through"? (Scene XII)

3. What is the only thing that the people from the "Little Monk's" village knew about?

4. What does Signor Gaffone give to Virginia, "in mint condition," to give to her father?

5. Who does Galileo tell Virginia invited him to Padua?

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