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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes IX - X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is it at the opening of Scene IX?
(a) 1644.
(b) 1633.
(c) 1652.
(d) 1678.

2. Who does the Scholar claim is drunk again-while play-acting with the Monk?
(a) Himself.
(b) Mother Earth.
(c) Galileo.
(d) The Duke.

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

4. On what date did the inquisition put the Copernican teachings on the index?
(a) October 28, 1629.
(b) April 1, 1618.
(c) December 25, 1616.
(d) March 15, 1616.

5. Where does Scene VI open?
(a) The Court of Florence.
(b) Galileo's home.
(c) Cardinal Bellarmin's House in Rome.
(d) Ludovico's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Andrea leave the room when Galileo was asking the men from the courts to look through the telescope?

2. According to Galileo, if one believes in humanity, they believe in what?

3. What does Ludovico tell Galileo were his interests?

4. To where does the "High Official" tell Galileo that he has to go to face the Holy Inquisition?

5. After finding out about Ludovico's interests, how much does Galileo say he is going to charge him for private tuition?

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