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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 the First Scholar see that Galileo dropped?
(a) A coin.
(b) A map.
(c) A stone.
(d) A crystal.

2. How many years did Sarti work for Monsignor Filippo before working for Galileo?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 4 years.

3. When Sagredo asks Galileo about where God was, what is Galileo's answer?
(a) "On the brightest star."
(b) "On the moon."
(c) "On earth, buried deeply as to not be found."
(d) "In us, or nowhere."

4. What does the stone at the center of the Ptolemaic system model represent?
(a) Earth.
(b) The sun.
(c) The moon.
(d) Neptune.

5. Where did Ludovico Marsili's letter say he has studied?
(a) Holland.
(b) Prague.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarti hand to Galileo while he was telling her about the new discoveries in science?

2. Whom does the Inquisitor have taking a transcript of the conversation between Galileo and Cardinals Bellarmin and Barberini?

3. Why does Andrea leave the room when Galileo was asking the men from the courts to look through the telescope?

4. What does Galileo tell the Curator would "save millions of scudi in navigation"?

5. What year is it in the opening of Scene V?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Galileo refuse to let Virginia look through the telescope?

2. What is happening at the opening of Scene I?

3. Why does Ludovico seem upset with Galileo at the end of Scene II?

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

5. 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]"?

6. Describe why the Ptolemaic system model is accepted by the majority of society as the truth for how the solar system exists.

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

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

9. What lie does Galileo tell the Senators about the telescope to secure his raise at the University?

10. Describe the Ptolemaic system model that Galileo shows to Andrea.

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