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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes V - VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Galileo say he bought instead of paying the milkman?
(a) Pamphlets.
(b) Books.
(c) Records.
(d) Charts.

2. According to Galileo, what "grows feeble from being abused"?
(a) Authority.
(b) Power.
(c) Science.
(d) Plight.

3. Who is Virginia speaking with at the end of Scene VI?
(a) Her fiance.
(b) Andrea.
(c) The Inquisitor.
(d) Her father.

4. Who does the "Very Old Cardinal" claim was the "crown of creation"?
(a) God.
(b) Man.
(c) The sun.
(d) The church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bailiff?

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

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

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

5. Which Dane determines the track of a comet?

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