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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 Sagredo the spots on stars were?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Fire.
(c) Wind.
(d) Craters.

2. According to the Curator, what republic refuses the Inquisition any say in scientific affairs?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Venice.
(d) Prague.

3. 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 needed to get water for the men.
(d) Andrea was embarassed for fighting with Cosimo.

4. Why does Galileo tell Virginia that they move to Florence?
(a) To work for the University.
(b) So he could be the Court Mathematician.
(c) To find her a husband.
(d) So that he could sell his telescopes.

5. What is the monk play-acting? (in the opening of Scene V.)
(a) That the Earth was spinning too fast.
(b) The he was looking at the sun through the telescope.
(c) The he was Galileo.
(d) The he was drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the stone at the center of the Ptolemaic system model represent?

2. How many fixed stars does Galileo tell Sagredo were in the constellation of Orion?

3. What does the Curator say that Galileo had invented for the city, calling the invention "excellent"?

4. Who is Virginia's Father Confessor?

5. What sickness was the "Old Gentlemen" discussing as they climbed the stairs to see the telescope?

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