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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the Pope tell the Inquisitor that he will not have destroyed?
(a) Galileo's writings.
(b) Mathematical cables.
(c) Aristotle's writings.
(d) Copernicus' writings.

7. What, according to Andrea, do the people of Paris and Prague believe sunspots were?
(a) Vapors from the sun.
(b) Surface winds.
(c) Swarms of stars.
(d) Mountains.

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

9. Where did Scene X open?
(a) An apartment in the Vatican.
(b) The Florentine Court.
(c) The court of the Holy Inquisition.
(d) Andrea's home.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Galileo tell Virginia that he was afraid of?

2. What manuscripts does Galileo give to the "Little Monk"?

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

4. What does the "Little Monk" tell Andrea about that Galileo always carries in his pocket?

5. Where does Galileo hide a copy of his Discorsi?

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