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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. Who does the Philosopher say is "an authority recognized not only by the entire learning of antiquity, but also by the Holy Fathers of the Church"?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Plato.

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

3. What do Cosimo and Andrea break during their fighting on the floor?
(a) A star model.
(b) The telescope.
(c) A chair.
(d) The Ptolemaic model.

4. What does Galileo tell Sagredo the spots on stars were?
(a) Fire.
(b) Wind.
(c) Craters.
(d) Mountains.

5. What does Galileo tell the Curator would "save millions of scudi in navigation"?
(a) New star charts.
(b) New ships.
(c) New ocean maps.
(d) The telescope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Virginia speaking with at the end of Scene VI?

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

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

4. How much is the private tuition that Galileo initially was going to charge Ludovico?

5. When discussing Galileo's findings regarding the movement of stars, who did the Philosopher think Signer Federzoni was?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the Curator angry with Galileo after Galileo received his raise from the University with the Curator's help?

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

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

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

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

8. Why is Sagredo afraid for Galileo concerning Galileo's move to Florence?

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

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

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