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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Scene Seven, the "Little Monk" told Galileo that he cannot understand what?
(a) A model.
(b) A word.
(c) A sentence.
(d) A drawing.

2. Where had the "Little Monk" grown up?
(a) Florence.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Campagna.

3. What pages from Galileo's book do the Monks have?
(a) 145 and 146.
(b) 131 and 132.
(c) 116 and 117.
(d) 47 and 48.

4. What is the date at the opening of Scene XI?
(a) January 11, 1622.
(b) December 14, 1638.
(c) March 17, 1644.
(d) June 22, 1633.

5. Who does the Inquisitor say is an expert on instruments?
(a) Rector Gaffone.
(b) Cardinal Barberini.
(c) Signor Galilei.
(d) Signor Vanni.

6. What are the dates that Scene XII took place?
(a) 1633-1642.
(b) 1643-1652.
(c) 1629-1643.
(d) 1616-1633.

7. What philosopher does Galileo and Andrea study in regard to objects floating?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Machiavelli.

8. To where does the "High Official" tell Galileo that he has to go to face the Holy Inquisition?
(a) Paris.
(b) Volpi.
(c) Rome.
(d) Florence.

9. According the opening of Scene XII, where is Galileo living?
(a) In Virginia's home under lock and key.
(b) In Venice.
(c) In a country house near Florence.
(d) In a jail cell.

10. What type of language does the Inquisitor say that Galileo writes in?
(a) "The language of mathematicians."
(b) "The language of scholars."
(c) "The language of the fishwives and wool merchants."
(d) "The language of the Church, Ecclesiastical Latin."

11. Who does Galileo say are his "favorite readings"?
(a) Aristotle and Plato.
(b) The Bible and Homer.
(c) Socrates and Homer.
(d) The Bible and Socrates.

12. What does Federzoni think has begun, "the hour of its birth," when the bell does not ring at the time the inquisitors thought it would?
(a) The age of reason.
(b) The age of Galileo.
(c) The age of science.
(d) The age of open-minds.

13. What astrological sign does Virgina align with?
(a) Capricorn.
(b) Scorpio.
(c) The Twins.
(d) Virgo.

14. When the "Little Monk" spent time with Galileo, while Galileo was in prison, to whom does Galileo compare his work?
(a) Horace.
(b) Plato.
(c) The Mayans.
(d) Socrates.

15. Who was Pope Urban VII, prior to receiving his papal name?
(a) Medici.
(b) The "Old Cardinal."
(c) Cardinal Barberini.
(d) Cardinal Bellarmin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Scene X open?

2. What is Virginia sewing at the opening of Scene VIII?

3. What does the Inquisitor want to keep while "damning" Galileo's writings?

4. Where did Scene XI take place?

5. At the end of Scene X, what has the Pope finished doing?

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