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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes VII - VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Curator, what republic refuses the Inquisition any say in scientific affairs?
(a) Prague.
(b) Paris.
(c) Venice.
(d) Rome.

2. Who claims that Galileo would damn him if he (Galileo) would not see him?
(a) Bellarmin.
(b) The "Little Monk."
(c) Mucius.
(d) Andrea.

3. Which Dane determines the track of a comet?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Tycho Brahe.
(c) Cosimo Medici.
(d) Socrates.

4. In what country does the Curator tell Galileo that telescopes were sold in markets?
(a) France.
(b) Holland.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

5. What epicyclical orbit does Galileo draw on the blackboard when describing his discovery to the Grand Duke of Tuscany?
(a) Earth.
(b) The sun.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Venus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Galileo tell Andrea to put on the table? (Scene I)

2. What does Galileo use to make the iron needle float on the surface of water without sinking?

3. According to Bellarmin, whose responsibility is it to interpret the Bible?

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

5. What do the Duke and his Court attend after leaving Galileo's home?

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