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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. Whose palace is the beginning of Scene IX set at?
(a) Andrea's.
(b) Medici's.
(c) Ludovico's.
(d) Bellarmin's.
2. At the opening of Scene IX, who is Galileo and Virginia waiting to be admitted by?
(a) The Pope.
(b) Ludovico.
(c) The Grand Duke.
(d) Bellarmin.
3. After the bell rang, who reads Galileo's recant on the street?
(a) The crier.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Federzoni
4. Where does Galileo hide a copy of his Discorsi?
(a) The globe.
(b) A false bottom in his desk.
(c) In his bed.
(d) Behind his star charts.
5. What does the Grand Duke want from Galileo when he and Virginia wait to be recognized?
(a) A book.
(b) A manuscript.
(c) A model.
(d) A pamphlet.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Scene X open?
2. Where does Scene VII open?
3. According to Vanni, how many books on agriculture were published, within the last year, in London?
4. What does the Inquisitor want to keep while "damning" Galileo's writings?
5. Who does Galileo tell Virginia invited him to Padua?
Short Essay Questions
1. What problems does Virginia find with Galileo traveling to Padua and taking time off?
2. Why does Galileo state that he prefers healthy oysters?
3. What does Andrea say the inquisition was doing to the "truth"?
4. What does Galileo say regarding his public recanting of his teachings?
5. What do the experiment with the iron needle and water prove?
6. In the opening of Scene VII, why does the "Little Monk" admit to Galileo that he has not been able to sleep?
7. What was Galileo speaking about to the "Little Monk" when he spoke of his feelings for beauty and truth?
8. What do Andrea and the "Little Monk" compare the possibility of Galileo recanting to?
9. Why is Galileo not worried about the Cardinal Inquisitor being in Florence?
10. Why does The Grand Duke ask Galileo about his eyesight?
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