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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. How many years did Sarti work for Monsignor Filippo before working for Galileo?

2. What do the strips of paper on the Ptolemaic system model have written on them?

3. What does Galileo tell Sagredo the spots on stars were?

4. According to Bellarmin, whose teachings have been found, by the Holy Office, to be "futile, foolish and heretical"?

5. Who is Virginia speaking with at the end of Scene VI?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Galileo say fueled his desire to discover new philosophies?

2. Cardinal Barberini quoted Ecclesiastes, the Preacher, when he first addressed Galileo at the party. What is Galileo's response to the Cardinal?

3. What does Galileo do to explain the movement of the Earth around the sun to Andrea?

4. What does the Clerk mean when he tells Galileo "We can only afford moves like this"?

5. How does Galileo explain the illumination of the moon and earth to Sagredo?

6. When Andrea questions Galileo about the Ptolemaic system model, what is Galileo's answer?

7. Why does Galileo believe that he and Virgina need to move to Florence?

8. Why does the Inquisitor find it funny that Virginia knew nothing of her father's studies?

9. Why is Andrea's mother, Sarti, worried about Galileo teaching Andrea about the revolving of the Earth around the sun?

10. Why does Ludovico seem upset with Galileo at the end of Scene II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

During the party at Cardinal Bellarmin's home, both of the attending Cardinals wore masks. Discuss the relevance of the masks for each Cardinal. What did the mask look like? What could the mask represent? What could be misconstrued by the mask?

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