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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. While at the ball, what chapter of the Bible do both Cardinal Bellarmin and Cardinal Barberini quote?
2. According to Bellarmin, whose teachings have been found, by the Holy Office, to be "futile, foolish and heretical"?
3. Which Dane determines the track of a comet?
4. Who does the Philosopher say is "an authority recognized not only by the entire learning of antiquity, but also by the Holy Fathers of the Church"?
5. Where does Galileo tell Sagredo that the light from the moon comes from?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Galileo believe that he and Virgina need to move to Florence?
2. Why does the Inquisitor find it funny that Virginia knew nothing of her father's studies?
3. What does Galileo say fueled his desire to discover new philosophies?
4. Why does Galileo refuse to let Virginia look through the telescope?
5. When Andrea questions Galileo about the Ptolemaic system model, what is Galileo's answer?
6. Why does the Inquisitor have the conversation between Galileo and Cardinal Bellarmin transcribed?
7. Why does Galileo say the sailing of ships across the sea creates "a great desire has arisen to fathom the causes of all thing[s]"?
8. What does Galileo do to explain the movement of the Earth around the sun to Andrea?
9. What does the Clerk mean when he tells Galileo "We can only afford moves like this"?
10. Describe why the Ptolemaic system model is accepted by the majority of society as the truth for how the solar system exists.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the difference between the Ptolemaic model and the Copernican model. What did the Ptolemaic model represent? What did the Copernican model represent? Why was the Ptolemaic model accepted over the Copernican model? What did the acceptance of the Copernican model suggest?
Essay Topic 2
Choose one of the scenarios that Galileo used to describe a statement or argument. Describe why the argument/statement worked to explain what Galileo was trying to say. What point was he trying to make? What was the example that he used to illustrate his meaning? How effective was the illustration?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Galileo's attempt to explain that the Earth was not the center of the universe to Andrea. What did he say to Andrea? How did Galileo illustrate the fact? What was Andrea's response?
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