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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. Why does Galileo tell Virginia that they move to Florence?
(a) So that he could sell his telescopes.
(b) To find her a husband.
(c) So he could be the Court Mathematician.
(d) To work for the University.

2. What do the strips of paper on the Ptolemaic system model have written on them?
(a) Names of stars.
(b) Names of planets.
(c) Names of moons.
(d) Names of galaxies.

3. While at the ball, what chapter of the Bible do both Cardinal Bellarmin and Cardinal Barberini quote?
(a) Exodus.
(b) Proverbs.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Kings.

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

5. What does Cosimo call Andrea as they fight over the models?
(a) "Rat."
(b) "Carrots."
(c) "Beets."
(d) "Dog."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Galileo tell Andrea to put on the table? (Scene I)

2. How many globes surround the center stone?

3. What is the name of the bailiff?

4. According to the Curator, what republic refuses the Inquisition any say in scientific affairs?

5. Who does the Chamberlain say is the name of the Astronomer-in-Chief at the Papal College in Rome?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the telescope do for Galileo by January of 1610?

3. 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]"?

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

5. What is the significance of Galileo telling the Court Clerks of the "new way" to play chess?

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

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

8. How does Galileo explain the illumination of the moon and earth to Sagredo?

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

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

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