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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. How many months of pay does the Court owe Galileo? (in Scene Nine)
(a) 6 months pay.
(b) 12 months pay.
(c) 3 months pay.
(d) 2 months pay.

2. Who does Galileo tell Virginia invited him to Padua?
(a) Sagredo.
(b) Ludovico.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Rector Gaffone.

3. Who claims that Galileo would damn him if he (Galileo) would not see him?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Bellarmin.
(c) Mucius.
(d) The "Little Monk."

4. What does the Inquisitor want to keep while "damning" Galileo's writings?
(a) The scientific mind.
(b) The ocean charts.
(c) Star charts.
(d) The telescope.

5. Where does Scene VII open?
(a) Galileo's home.
(b) In the Hall of Inquisition.
(c) A monastery.
(d) In the Palace of the Florentine Ambassador in Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Galileo tell Vanni that he values after Vanni suggests that Galileo "take up flight"?

2. What happens to Virginia at the end of Scene VIII?

3. Where did Scene X open?

4. To where does the "High Official" tell Galileo that he has to go to face the Holy Inquisition?

5. At the end of Scene Seven, the "Little Monk" told Galileo that he cannot understand what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Andrea say the inquisition was doing to the "truth"?

2. What does Galileo say regarding his public recanting of his teachings?

3. What does Brecht mean when he wrote, "The depths are hot, the heights are chill. The streets are loud, the court is still" at the opening of Scene IX?

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

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

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

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

8. During Galileo's students conversation, while waiting for Galileo's recanting, the students did find some humor in the situation. What humor did they find?

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

10. Why does Vanni want Galileo to leave Florence?

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