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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Duke and his Court attend after leaving Galileo's home?
(a) A trial.
(b) An inquisition.
(c) A knighting.
(d) The Court Ball.

2. How old is Andrea in Scene I?
(a) 12 years old.
(b) 14 years old.
(c) 10 years old.
(d) 8 years old.

3. What does Galileo use to represent the Earth when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A chair.
(c) Andrea.
(d) A milk bottle.

4. When discussing Galileo's findings regarding the movement of stars, who did the Philosopher think Signer Federzoni was?
(a) Galileo's manservant.
(b) Galileo's lens-grinder.
(c) Galileo's student.
(d) Galileo's son-in-law.

5. What prediction does Galileo make to Andrea about astronomy?
(a) That "astronomy will be challenged again and again."
(b) That "astronomy will never falter him."
(c) That "astronomy will be talked about in the market-places."
(d) That "astronomy will be honored by Kings and Queens."

6. What does the Curator say that Galileo had invented for the city, calling the invention "excellent"?
(a) A drainage system.
(b) A water pump.
(c) A telescope.
(d) A clock.

7. Why does Galileo tell Virginia that they move to Florence?
(a) So that he could sell his telescopes.
(b) So he could be the Court Mathematician.
(c) To find her a husband.
(d) To work for the University.

8. At the ball, what mask does Cardinal Bellarmin wear? (Scene VI)
(a) That of a lamb.
(b) That of a wolf.
(c) That of a clown.
(d) That of an eagle.

9. While talking to Andrea about the ships that had found new continents, what does Galileo call the "dreaded ocean"?
(a) A pond.
(b) A lake.
(c) A puddle.
(d) A pool.

10. Where does Virginia say she will be married?
(a) Rome.
(b) Florence.
(c) Holland.
(d) Prague.

11. According to Bellarmin, whose teachings have been found, by the Holy Office, to be "futile, foolish and heretical"?
(a) Socrates' teachings.
(b) Galileo's teachings.
(c) Plato's teachings.
(d) Copernicus' teachings.

12. What is the date of the opening of Scene III?
(a) April 17, 1615.
(b) January 10, 1590.
(c) April1, 1611.
(d) January 10, 1610.

13. What does Sarti offer to the Grand Duke as his Court is leaving at the end of Scene IV?
(a) An apple.
(b) A milk.
(c) A flower.
(d) A biscuit.

14. Who enters the room after the "Very Old Cardinal" collapses?
(a) Andrea.
(b) The Duke of Florence.
(c) Clavius.
(d) Galileo.

15. According to Bellarmin, whose responsibility is it to interpret the Bible?
(a) His.
(b) The theologians of the Holy Church.
(c) The Pope's.
(d) Mankind's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scene IV open?

2. Whom does the Inquisitor have taking a transcript of the conversation between Galileo and Cardinals Bellarmin and Barberini?

3. How old does Ludovico say the invention he saw in Holland was?

4. What name does Galileo want to bestow on the new stars he found?

5. On what date did the inquisition put the Copernican teachings on the index?

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