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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. Where does Andrea say he is going to go when he leaves Italy to "take up scientific work"?
(a) Finland.
(b) Paris.
(c) Prague.
(d) Holland.

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

3. What does Galileo use to make the iron needle float on the surface of water without sinking?
(a) A string.
(b) Ice.
(c) A piece of wax.
(d) A piece of paper.

4. What manuscripts does Galileo give to the "Little Monk"?
(a) Papers on why the ocean moves in ebb and flood.
(b) Papers on the sun being the center of the universe.
(c) Papers on evolution.
(d) Papers on the inquiry of time.

5. At the end of Scene IX, what awaits Galileo?
(a) His Highness, the Grand Duke.
(b) The Florentine Court.
(c) The coach of the Holy Inquisition.
(d) Medici.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing that the people from the "Little Monk's" village knew about?

2. What does the Pope tell the Inquisitor that Galileo could not say "no" to?

3. To what day, did the opening of Scene XII, say that Galileo would be a prisoner of the Church?

4. While Galileo is in with the inquisition, what is Virginia doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Court's expect to happen at 5:00 on the day of Galileo's inquisition?

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

4. Why does Galileo think that Cardinal Bellarmin gifted him a Cellini clock?

5. 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?

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. In the opening of Scene VII, why does the "Little Monk" admit to Galileo that he has not been able to sleep?

9. What do Andrea and the "Little Monk" compare the possibility of Galileo recanting to?

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

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