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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is it at the opening of Scene IX?
(a) 1652.
(b) 1644.
(c) 1633.
(d) 1678.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Andrea say that Galileo could not have stayed in the Republic?
(a) Because he could not study the ocean there.
(b) Because he could not write his book there.
(c) Because he could not publish his book there.
(d) Because he could not study the stars there.

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

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

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

12. What does the Inquisitor want to keep while "damning" Galileo's writings?
(a) The scientific mind.
(b) The telescope.
(c) The ocean charts.
(d) Star charts.

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

14. Who claims that Galileo would damn him if he (Galileo) would not see him?
(a) Bellarmin.
(b) Mucius.
(c) Andrea.
(d) The "Little Monk."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Virginia in Scene XII?

2. Who does the monk say that he has to have permission from before Galileo can see an eye doctor?

3. Where does Scene VIII open?

4. According to Galileo, what gives the "Little Monk" the right to say whatever he wishes?

5. What philosopher does Galileo and Andrea study in regard to objects floating?

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