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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Scene IV open?
(a) The marketplace.
(b) Galileo's home in Florence.
(c) Virginia's home.
(d) The University in Florence.

2. What sickness was the "Old Gentlemen" discussing as they climbed the stairs to see the telescope?
(a) Homocystinuria.
(b) The plague.
(c) Larsen Sydnrome.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. Why does Andrea leave the room when Galileo was asking the men from the courts to look through the telescope?
(a) Andrea needed to get water for the men.
(b) Andrea's nose started bleeding.
(c) Andrea was embarassed for fighting with Cosimo.
(d) Andrea said the men were stupid.

4. How old is Galileo's daughter, Virginia, in Scene II?
(a) 11 years old.
(b) 15 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 17 years old.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "Very Old Cardinal" call Galileo because of Galileo's claims?

2. Who enters the room after the "Very Old Cardinal" collapses?

3. What does the First Scholar see that Galileo dropped?

4. Who does Andrea tell his mother had "worked out" that the Earth went around the sun?

5. What does Sarti hand to Galileo while he was telling her about the new discoveries in science?

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