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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. Who did Galileo design a smelting-plant for?

2. What does the Pope tell the Inquisitor that he will not have destroyed?

3. What does Galileo call a man who knows the truth and calls it a lie?

4. Who does Galileo tell Virginia that he was afraid of?

5. At the end of Scene IX, what awaits Galileo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vanni want Galileo to leave Florence?

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

3. Why does Galileo use the satire of Horace to explain the necessity of all parts of his study being present in his observations?

4. What lie does Galileo tell Virginia about being summoned by The Duke?

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

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

7. Why is Galileo not worried about the Cardinal Inquisitor being in Florence?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Two of the scientific instruments/discoveries that Galileo made were concepts derived by other people. Discuss what kind of person/scientist that made Galileo. Do you think that science is a constantly evolving theory? Can discoveries be made by one person alone? Or did Galileo have the right, as a scientist, to "better" what had been made/speculated on to that point?

Essay Topic 2

"He who does not know the truth is merely an idiot, but he who knows it and calls it a lie, is a criminal." Both Galileo and Andrea spoke these words during the action of the play. Find and discuss two references to being an "idiot" and a "criminal" in the play. Who was regarded as an "idiot"? Why? Who was regarded as a "criminal"? Why?

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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