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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing Galileo's findings regarding the movement of stars, who did the Philosopher think Signer Federzoni was?
(a) Galileo's son-in-law.
(b) Galileo's student.
(c) Galileo's manservant.
(d) Galileo's lens-grinder.

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

3. What epicyclical orbit does Galileo draw on the blackboard when describing his discovery to the Grand Duke of Tuscany?
(a) Venus.
(b) Earth.
(c) The sun.
(d) Neptune.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Virginia's Father Confessor?

3. How old is Galileo when he was arguing with the Curator about salary?

4. What prediction does Galileo make to Andrea about astronomy?

5. While at the ball, what chapter of the Bible do both Cardinal Bellarmin and Cardinal Barberini quote?

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