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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 sickness was the "Old Gentlemen" discussing as they climbed the stairs to see the telescope?
(a) Homocystinuria.
(b) The plague.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Larsen Sydnrome.

2. What does the stone at the center of the Ptolemaic system model represent?
(a) Neptune.
(b) The moon.
(c) The sun.
(d) Earth.

3. Who does the Scholar claim is drunk again-while play-acting with the Monk?
(a) Mother Earth.
(b) Galileo.
(c) The Duke.
(d) Himself.

4. How many years did Sarti work for Monsignor Filippo before working for Galileo?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 10 years.

5. Who is Virginia's Father Confessor?
(a) Father Michael from Saint Cornela.
(b) Father Steine from Saint Mercy.
(c) Father Franz from Notre Dame.
(d) Father Christophorus from Saint Ursula.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Galileo, what "grows feeble from being abused"?

2. How many globes surround the center stone?

3. What is the monk play-acting? (in the opening of Scene V.)

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

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

(see the answer key)

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