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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 Ludovico tell Galileo were his interests?
(a) Music.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Horses.
(d) Science.

2. Where does Scene V open?
(a) The marketplace in Florence.
(b) Hall of the Collegium Romanum in Rome.
(c) Galileo's home.
(d) Venice.

3. According to Galileo, what "grows feeble from being abused"?
(a) Plight.
(b) Authority.
(c) Power.
(d) Science.

4. How old is Andrea in Scene I?
(a) 10 years old.
(b) 12 years old.
(c) 14 years old.
(d) 8 years old.

5. What year is it in the opening of Scene V?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1605.
(c) 1610.
(d) 1620.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Virginia say she will be married?

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

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

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

5. What does Cosimo call Andrea as they fight over the models?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Virginia find out about her father's fame on the day of the party at Cardinal Bellarmin's?

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

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

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

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