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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Galileo say he bought instead of paying the milkman?
(a) Books.
(b) Records.
(c) Charts.
(d) Pamphlets.

2. What does Galileo use to represent the Earth when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?
(a) Andrea.
(b) A milk bottle.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) A chair.

3. What year is it in the opening of the play?
(a) 1710.
(b) 1510.
(c) 1609.
(d) 1409.

4. Which Dane determines the track of a comet?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Cosimo Medici.
(d) Tycho Brahe.

5. In what country does the Curator tell Galileo that telescopes were sold in markets?
(a) Holland.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Galileo, what "grows feeble from being abused"?

2. What is the monk play-acting? (in the opening of Scene V.)

3. Where does Scene IV open?

4. What does Galileo use to represent the sun when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?

5. How many fixed stars does Galileo tell Sagredo were in the constellation of Orion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the telescope do for Galileo by January of 1610?

2. Why does Galileo say the sailing of ships across the sea creates "a great desire has arisen to fathom the causes of all thing[s]"?

3. What does Galileo say fueled his desire to discover new philosophies?

4. Why does Galileo believe that he and Virgina need to move to Florence?

5. When Andrea questions Galileo about the Ptolemaic system model, what is Galileo's answer?

6. Why does Galileo believe that naming the new stars by the name Medici would allow him some leeway on his studies?

7. Why does the Curator refuse to give Galileo the raise that he requests for his work as a mathematician at the University?

8. What does Virginia find out about her father's fame on the day of the party at Cardinal Bellarmin's?

9. Cardinal Barberini quoted Ecclesiastes, the Preacher, when he first addressed Galileo at the party. What is Galileo's response to the Cardinal?

10. What is the relevance of the song at Cardinal Bellarmin's party?

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