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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the "Very Old Cardinal" claim was the "crown of creation"?
(a) God.
(b) The sun.
(c) The church.
(d) Man.

3. Where does Virginia say she will be married?
(a) Rome.
(b) Prague.
(c) Holland.
(d) Florence.

4. What chess piece does Galileo say took to "moving all over the board"?
(a) The King.
(b) The knight.
(c) The pawn.
(d) The castle.

5. According to Bellarmin, whose teachings have been found, by the Holy Office, to be "futile, foolish and heretical"?
(a) Copernicus' teachings.
(b) Plato's teachings.
(c) Galileo's teachings.
(d) Socrates' teachings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Galileo want to bestow on the new stars he found?

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

3. According to the "Very Thin Monk," what is equated with the home of the human race?

4. 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"?

5. At the ball, what mask does Barberini wear? (Scene VI)

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