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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes III - IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Galileo ask the men to trust when looking through the telescope at the stars?
(a) Science.
(b) Their minds.
(c) Their eyes.
(d) Their hearts.

2. According to Galileo, if one believes in humanity, they believe in what?
(a) "Common sense."
(b) "Something bigger than himself."
(c) "God."
(d) "That mankind is the center of all."

3. When Sagredo asks Galileo about where God was, what is Galileo's answer?
(a) "On the moon."
(b) "In us, or nowhere."
(c) "On earth, buried deeply as to not be found."
(d) "On the brightest star."

4. What is the name of the bailiff?
(a) Signor Franz.
(b) Signor Cambione.
(c) Signor Franco.
(d) Signor Parente.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did Ludovico Marsili's letter say he has studied?

4. What does the Curator say that Galileo had invented for the city, calling the invention "excellent"?

5. Who does the Chamberlain say is the name of the Astronomer-in-Chief at the Papal College in Rome?

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