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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes III - IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When, according to Galileo, does he "get most inspiration"?
(a) When he looked at the stars.
(b) When he ate.
(c) When he thought about Virginia's dowry.
(d) When he read.

3. What does Ludovico tell Galileo were his interests?
(a) Music.
(b) Science.
(c) Horses.
(d) Mathematics.

4. How many globes surround the center stone?
(a) 8 globes.
(b) 9 globes.
(c) 12 globes.
(d) 10 globes.

5. Who does Andrea tell his mother had "worked out" that the Earth went around the sun?
(a) Kippernicus.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stars does Galileo find revolved around Jupiter?

2. What year is it in the opening of the play?

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

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

5. Who does the Philosopher say is "an authority recognized not only by the entire learning of antiquity, but also by the Holy Fathers of the Church"?

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