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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. Who does Galileo say are his "favorite readings"?
(a) The Bible and Homer.
(b) Socrates and Homer.
(c) Aristotle and Plato.
(d) The Bible and Socrates.

2. While waiting to hear news of the inquisition, what are the "Little Monk" and Federzoni doing?
(a) Watching ice float.
(b) Sinking iron needles in water.
(c) Playing chess.
(d) Making models of the solar system.

3. To what day, did the opening of Scene XII, say that Galileo would be a prisoner of the Church?
(a) For 50 years.
(b) For 30 years.
(c) Until he died.
(d) For 100 years.

4. What time do the people of the inquisition believe that Galileo would recant?
(a) 8:00.
(b) 5:00.
(c) 2:00.
(d) 12:00.

5. Where did Scene XI take place?
(a) In the Hall of Trials in Venice.
(b) An apartment in the Vatican.
(c) In the Court of Inquisition in Florence.
(d) In the Palace of the Florentine Ambassador in Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Andrea say that Galileo could not have stayed in the Republic?

2. What does Galileo claim is ruining Virginia's complexion?

3. According to the "Little Monk," how many nights passed since he had been able to sleep?

4. What does Federzoni say he would rather do if Galileo recanted his teachings?

5. What does the new Pope, at the opening of Scene VIII, want Galileo to study?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the experiment with the iron needle and water prove?

2. Why does Galileo use the satire of Horace to explain the necessity of all parts of his study being present in his observations?

3. What did the astronomer at the University tell Virginia about her horoscope?

4. Why does Vanni want Galileo to leave Florence?

5. What were the problems that Galileo faced with living in both Florence and the Republic regarding the Discorsi?

6. Why is Galileo not worried about the Cardinal Inquisitor being in Florence?

7. What problems does Virginia find with Galileo traveling to Padua and taking time off?

8. What were Federzoni and Andrea's worries concerning Galileo's Inquisition?

9. Why does The Grand Duke ask Galileo about his eyesight?

10. Why does Galileo state that he prefers healthy oysters?

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