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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes V - VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Galileo tell the Curator would "save millions of scudi in navigation"?
(a) New ships.
(b) New star charts.
(c) New ocean maps.
(d) The telescope.

2. What name does Galileo want to bestow on the new stars he found?
(a) Brecht.
(b) Florence.
(c) Medici.
(d) Paupal.

3. What does Galileo use to represent the Earth when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?
(a) A chair.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) Andrea.
(d) A milk bottle.

4. According to Bellarmin, whose responsibility is it to interpret the Bible?
(a) The Pope's.
(b) The theologians of the Holy Church.
(c) His.
(d) Mankind's.

5. What year is it in the opening of Scene V?
(a) 1610.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1620.
(d) 1605.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bailiff?

2. What is the name of the Grand Duke of Tuscany?

3. Where does Galileo tell Sagredo that the light from the moon comes from?

4. What epicyclical orbit does Galileo draw on the blackboard when describing his discovery to the Grand Duke of Tuscany?

5. How old does Ludovico say the invention he saw in Holland was?

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