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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) Bellarmin's.
(b) Medici's.
(c) Andrea's.
(d) Ludovico's.
2. After the bell rang, who reads Galileo's recant on the street?
(a) The Pope.
(b) Federzoni
(c) The crier.
(d) Andrea.
3. What author has Galileo begun to read again? (Revealed by Galileo to the "Little Monk" during their conversation in Scene VII.)
(a) Plato.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Horace.
(d) Socrates.
4. Where did Scene XI take place?
(a) An apartment in the Vatican.
(b) In the Palace of the Florentine Ambassador in Rome.
(c) In the Court of Inquisition in Florence.
(d) In the Hall of Trials in Venice.
5. What does Federzoni say he would rather do if Galileo recanted his teachings?
(a) Not live.
(b) Stay in Rome.
(c) Give up science.
(d) Recant his own beliefs.
Short Answer Questions
1. What astrological sign does Ludovico align with?
2. According the opening of Scene XII, where is Galileo living?
3. What kind of clock is Galileo presented with as a gift from Cardinal Bellarmin?
4. What astrological sign does Virgina align with?
5. Why does Sarti tell Virginia to go to the University to see an astronomer?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Galileo not worried about the Cardinal Inquisitor being in Florence?
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 does the Court's expect to happen at 5:00 on the day of Galileo's inquisition?
4. 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?
5. Why does Ludovico call off the wedding to Virginia?
6. 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?
7. What does Galileo say regarding his public recanting of his teachings?
8. Why does Vanni tell Galileo that he is on his side regarding Galileo's teachings?
9. In the opening of Scene VII, why does the "Little Monk" admit to Galileo that he has not been able to sleep?
10. Why does Galileo think that Cardinal Bellarmin gifted him a Cellini clock?
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