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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes XI - XII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Galileo tell Virginia invited him to Padua?
(a) Sagredo.
(b) Rector Gaffone.
(c) Ludovico.
(d) Andrea.

2. Why does Sarti tell Virginia to go to the University to see an astronomer?
(a) To seek a better husband.
(b) To prove her father's teachings true.
(c) To cast her horoscope.
(d) To prove her father's teachings false.

3. According to the Curator, what republic refuses the Inquisition any say in scientific affairs?
(a) Paris.
(b) Venice.
(c) Prague.
(d) Rome.

4. What does the new Pope, at the opening of Scene VIII, want Galileo to study?
(a) The stars.
(b) The moon.
(c) The Earth's rotation.
(d) Sunspots.

5. Who did Galileo design a smelting-plant for?
(a) Rector Gaffone.
(b) Bellarmin.
(c) Ludovico.
(d) Signor Vanni.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scene VII open?

2. In the Ptolemaic system model, what does Galileo claim moved?

3. At the end of Scene Seven, the "Little Monk" told Galileo that he cannot understand what?

4. Who does Galileo say are his "favorite readings"?

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

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