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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Galileo's daughter, Virginia, in Scene II?
(a) 12 years old.
(b) 17 years old.
(c) 15 years old.
(d) 11 years old.

2. What does Galileo say he bought instead of paying the milkman?
(a) Pamphlets.
(b) Books.
(c) Records.
(d) Charts.

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

4. What does Galileo tell Sagredo the spots on stars were?
(a) Craters.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Wind.
(d) Fire.

5. What does Galileo ask the men to trust when looking through the telescope at the stars?
(a) Science.
(b) Their minds.
(c) Their eyes.
(d) Their hearts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What bell rings as Virginia entered her father's room? (Scene III)

3. On what date did the inquisition put the Copernican teachings on the index?

4. What does Galileo use to represent the sun when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?

5. What year is it in the opening of the play?

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