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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time do the people of the inquisition believe that Galileo would recant?
(a) 5:00.
(b) 12:00.
(c) 2:00.
(d) 8:00.

2. What does the new Pope, at the opening of Scene VIII, want Galileo to study?
(a) Sunspots.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) The Earth's rotation.

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

4. In Scene XI, how many days does the "Little Monk" say that Galileo had been sitting in prison?
(a) 13 days.
(b) 23 days.
(c) 30 days.
(d) 47 days.

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

6. 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.

7. What gift is sent to Galileo by "someone passing through"? (Scene XII)
(a) Two ducks.
(b) Two rabbits.
(c) Two turkeys.
(d) Two geese.

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

9. Where had the "Little Monk" grown up?
(a) Campagna.
(b) Florence.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

10. How old is Virginia in Scene XII?
(a) About 55.
(b) About 60.
(c) About 75.
(d) About 40.

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

12. 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.

13. What does Galileo claim is ruining Virginia's complexion?
(a) Finding a new husband.
(b) Worrying about her father.
(c) Worrying about Ludovico.
(d) Going to early Mass.

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

15. What is the only thing that the people from the "Little Monk's" village knew about?
(a) Wine.
(b) Bread.
(c) Olives.
(d) Cheese.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Scene VII open?

3. What type of language does the Inquisitor say that Galileo writes in?

4. What, according to Andrea, do the people of Paris and Prague believe sunspots were?

5. While speaking with the "Little Monk" about his family's life, what animal does Galileo talk about ?

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