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1

The Wikipedia article Sidereus Nuncius suggests that the inventor of the telescope was likely to be

	a lensmaker
	a Chinese scientist
	Galileo
	A Greek scholar
	none of these

2

Galileo called his telescope

	a mistake
	a double magnifying glass
	the magic eye
	the liberator
	an optical cannon

3

The "terminator" for Galileo was

	the equator
	sunrise or sunset
	the division between east and west
	the most distant star he could see
	his trial for heresy

4

Galileo used the terminator to

	deduce the color beneath the dust layer
	correlate color with whether the region had mountains
	compensate for stellar parallax
	observe the wobble of the Moon's orbit
	none of these

5

Galileo used the terminator to

	correlate dark and light regions with terrain
	measure the height of mountains
	compensate for stellar parallax
	publicize his ideas
	two of these

6

What statement is FALSE about Galileo and the Median Stars

	they were lined up
	they were described by Aristotle
	they are actually moons
	motion could be observed after observing a moon for just one hour
	Galileo named them after a famous and wealthy family

7

The title of Galileo's book, Sidereus Nuncius, is often translated as ____, but it is probably more proper to translate it as _______

	the motion of the earth - - the location of the earth
	Starry messenger - - Starry message
	the motion of the stars - - the location of the stars
	the Moon close up - - the Moon through a telescope
	the moons of Jupiter

8

The Wikipedia article, Sidereus Nuncius, points out that what the ancient Greek scientist thought was a cloudy star was really

	a planetary nebula
	a supernovae remnant
	the rings of Saturn
	a comet
	many faint stars

9

Galileo's naming of the "Medicean Stars"

	caused his house arrest
	was controversial because stars were supposed to be named after Roman gods
	might have earned him a promotion
	broke an agreement he made with the Pope to stop writing about astronomy
	two of these are true

10

When the German astronomy Marius provided evidence that he (Marius) had first seen the moons of Jupiter, Galileo

	won the argument using his knowledge of calendars
	pointed out that the telescope Marius was using could not have seen the Moons
	used his political contacts to ensure that he (Galileo) would get credit
	appealed to the Pope
	didn't care; he was a true scientist

11

Prior to the publication of Sidereus Nuncius, the Church

	had outlawed all discussion of the Copernican heliocentric system
	had given Galileo a commission to look into the Copernican heliocentric system
	was unaware of any controversy concerning the Copernican heliocentric system
	accepted the Copernican heliocentric system as strictly mathematical and hypothetical
	none of these are true (according to the Wikpedia permalink to Sidereus Nuncius.)