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

2. 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) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Galileo.

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

4. According to Galileo, when informed upon the Holy Office's findings, who accepted Galileo's observations?
(a) The astronomers of the Collegium Romanum.
(b) The University of Florence.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Cardinal Bellarmin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While at the ball, what chapter of the Bible do both Cardinal Bellarmin and Cardinal Barberini quote?

2. What are the globes on the Ptolemaic system model made of?

3. What prediction does Galileo make to Andrea about astronomy?

4. What bell rings as Virginia entered her father's room? (Scene III)

5. Where did Ludovico Marsili's letter say he has studied?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Galileo do to explain the movement of the Earth around the sun to Andrea?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Sagredo tell Galileo that he (Galileo) is contradicting all astronomical science from the last two thousand years?

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

8. What does the Clerk mean when he tells Galileo "We can only afford moves like this"?

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

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

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