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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 the stone at the center of the Ptolemaic system model represent?
(a) The sun.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Earth.
(d) The moon.

2. What does Galileo use to represent the Earth when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?
(a) A chair.
(b) A milk bottle.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) Andrea.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What epicyclical orbit does Galileo draw on the blackboard when describing his discovery to the Grand Duke of Tuscany?

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

3. Who does the "Very Old Cardinal" claim was the "crown of creation"?

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

5. Who does Andrea tell his mother had "worked out" that the Earth went around the sun?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Galileo, as pointed out by Sagredo, teach the Ptolemaic model over the Copernican model given his belief in the Copernican model of the universe?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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