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

2. In the Ptolemaic system model, what does Galileo claim moved?
(a) Only the sun.
(b) Everything.
(c) Only the planets.
(d) Only the stars.

3. Where does Galileo place the Ptolemaic system for Andrea to find?
(a) Behind the star charts.
(b) Under the table.
(c) In the teapot.
(d) In the broom closet.

4. What bell rings as Virginia entered her father's room? (Scene III)
(a) A bell for early Mass.
(b) A noon bell.
(c) An evening bell.
(d) A bell signaling lunch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Signor Giordano Bruno "because he was not a Venetian and also had no appointment here"?

2. What is the date of the opening of Scene III?

3. According to Galileo, who were the ones that were "no longer moved by reason"?

4. Why does the Grand Duke of Tuscany come to Galileo's home?

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

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