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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 is the monk play-acting? (in the opening of Scene V.)
(a) The he was looking at the sun through the telescope.
(b) The he was drunk.
(c) The he was Galileo.
(d) That the Earth was spinning too fast.

2. What invention does Ludovico tell Galileo about that he has just seen in Holland?
(a) "That box that talks."
(b) "That funny tube."
(c) "The glass that sees."
(d) "The horn that hears."

3. What object does Andrea tell Galileo not to use because "You can prove anything with them"?
(a) A pear.
(b) A ball of yarn.
(c) An orange.
(d) An apple.

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

5. What does Galileo ask the men to trust when looking through the telescope at the stars?
(a) Their eyes.
(b) Their minds.
(c) Science.
(d) Their hearts.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the ball, what mask does Barberini wear? (Scene VI)

2. What chess piece does Galileo say took to "moving all over the board"?

3. What do the strips of paper on the Ptolemaic system model have written on them?

4. According to Galileo, who were the ones that were "no longer moved by reason"?

5. Where does Scene VI open?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Inquisitor find it funny that Virginia knew nothing of her father's studies?

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

3. Why is Andrea's mother, Sarti, worried about Galileo teaching Andrea about the revolving of the Earth around the sun?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the Inquisitor tell Virginia that Galileo's new picture of the universe was harmful?

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

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