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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 year is it in the opening of Scene V?
(a) 1620.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1610.
(d) 1605.
2. What happens to Signor Giordano Bruno "because he was not a Venetian and also had no appointment here"?
(a) He was burned at the stake.
(b) He was banished from the city.
(c) He was imprisoned.
(d) He was hung.
3. What does Galileo tell Andrea to put on the table? (Scene I)
(a) Bread.
(b) Wine.
(c) Jam.
(d) Milk.
4. How many stars does Galileo find revolved around Jupiter?
(a) 4 stars.
(b) 6 stars.
(c) 3 stars.
(d) 1 stars.
5. What is the name of the Grand Duke of Tuscany?
(a) Cosimo de' Medici.
(b) Sagamond.
(c) Signor Ragsord.
(d) His Royal Highness of Tuscany.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Cosimo call Andrea as they fight over the models?
2. What name does Galileo want to bestow on the new stars he found?
3. How old is Galileo's daughter, Virginia, in Scene II?
4. Where does Galileo place the Ptolemaic system for Andrea to find?
5. What are the globes on the Ptolemaic system model made of?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Galileo, as pointed out by Sagredo, teach the Ptolemaic model over the Copernican model given his belief in the Copernican model of the universe?
2. What does Galileo do to explain the movement of the Earth around the sun to Andrea?
3. Why does the Inquisitor have the conversation between Galileo and Cardinal Bellarmin transcribed?
4. What is the significance of Galileo telling the Court Clerks of the "new way" to play chess?
5. What does the telescope do for Galileo by January of 1610?
6. Why does Galileo believe that he and Virgina need to move to Florence?
7. Why does Galileo refuse to let Virginia look through the telescope?
8. Why is Sagredo afraid for Galileo concerning Galileo's move to Florence?
9. Why does Galileo believe that naming the new stars by the name Medici would allow him some leeway on his studies?
10. When Andrea questions Galileo about the Ptolemaic system model, what is Galileo's answer?
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