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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many months of pay does the Court owe Galileo? (in Scene Nine)
(a) 3 months pay.
(b) 2 months pay.
(c) 6 months pay.
(d) 12 months pay.

3. What philosopher does Galileo and Andrea study in regard to objects floating?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

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

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

6. What does Galileo call a man who knows the truth and calls it a lie?
(a) A fraud.
(b) A criminal.
(c) A liar.
(d) A prophet.

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

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

9. While waiting for Galileo's inquisition to finish, what does Andrea say he fears would never be completed?
(a) The Oceanic Maps.
(b) The Star Charts.
(c) The Discorsi.
(d) The Galileo Model.

10. According to the person from the Grand Duke's Palace, what bell will ring when Galileo recants his teachings?
(a) The great bell of St. Mark's.
(b) The great bell of St. Mercy.
(c) The great bell of St. John.
(d) The great bell of St. Michael.

11. What does Galileo claim the he knows the difference between when Vanni tells him he is "unable to distinguish your friends from your enemies"?
(a) Wealth and poverty.
(b) Science and religion.
(c) Imagination and reality.
(d) Power and impotence.

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

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

14. After the bell rang, who reads Galileo's recant on the street?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Federzoni
(c) The Pope.
(d) The crier.

15. What does the "Little Monk" tell Andrea about that Galileo always carries in his pocket?
(a) His touchstone.
(b) A lock of Virginia's hair.
(c) A drawing of his telescope.
(d) A picture of Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of clock is Galileo presented with as a gift from Cardinal Bellarmin?

2. At the end of Scene IX, what awaits Galileo?

3. At the opening of Scene IX, who is Galileo and Virginia waiting to be admitted by?

4. Who was Pope Urban VII, prior to receiving his papal name?

5. Whose palace is the beginning of Scene IX set at?

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