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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 is the name of the Grand Duke of Tuscany?
(a) Signor Ragsord.
(b) His Royal Highness of Tuscany.
(c) Sagamond.
(d) Cosimo de' Medici.

2. Where does Scene VI open?
(a) Ludovico's home.
(b) Cardinal Bellarmin's House in Rome.
(c) Galileo's home.
(d) The Court of Florence.

3. Who enters the room after the "Very Old Cardinal" collapses?
(a) Clavius.
(b) Andrea.
(c) The Duke of Florence.
(d) Galileo.

4. After finding out about Ludovico's interests, how much does Galileo say he is going to charge him for private tuition?
(a) Twenty scudi a month.
(b) Ten scudi a month.
(c) Fifteen scudi a month.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does Sarti offer to the Grand Duke as his Court is leaving at the end of Scene IV?
(a) A flower.
(b) A biscuit.
(c) A milk.
(d) An apple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Dane determines the track of a comet?

2. What do Cosimo and Andrea break during their fighting on the floor?

3. What does Sarti hand to Galileo while he was telling her about the new discoveries in science?

4. According to Galileo, if one believes in humanity, they believe in what?

5. How many globes surround the center stone?

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