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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. According to Galileo, who were the ones that were "no longer moved by reason"?
(a) "The dead."
(b) "The skeptics."
(c) "The men who turned their backs on science."
(d) "The disciples of religion."

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

3. What is the monk play-acting? (in the opening of Scene V.)
(a) The he was drunk.
(b) The he was looking at the sun through the telescope.
(c) The he was Galileo.
(d) That the Earth was spinning too fast.

4. Why does the Grand Duke of Tuscany come to Galileo's home?
(a) To talk to Galileo about stars.
(b) To talk to Santi.
(c) To see Andrea.
(d) To see the telescope.

5. How old does Ludovico say the invention he saw in Holland was?
(a) A few hours old.
(b) A week old.
(c) A month old.
(d) A few days old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Virginia say she will be married?

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

3. What does Galileo ask the men to trust when looking through the telescope at the stars?

4. How many globes surround the center stone?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What lie does Galileo tell the Senators about the telescope to secure his raise at the University?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the Inquisitor tell Virginia that Galileo's new picture of the universe was harmful?

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

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