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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 the First Scholar see that Galileo dropped?
(a) A crystal.
(b) A coin.
(c) A stone.
(d) A map.

2. What chess piece does Galileo say took to "moving all over the board"?
(a) The King.
(b) The pawn.
(c) The castle.
(d) The knight.

3. What bell rings as Virginia entered her father's room? (Scene III)
(a) A noon bell.
(b) An evening bell.
(c) A bell for early Mass.
(d) A bell signaling lunch.

4. Who does the Chamberlain say is the name of the Astronomer-in-Chief at the Papal College in Rome?
(a) Father Franz Wistne.
(b) Father Micheal Measter.
(c) Father Christophe Cleminez.
(d) Father Christopher Clavius.

5. What do the strips of paper on the Ptolemaic system model have written on them?
(a) Names of stars.
(b) Names of moons.
(c) Names of galaxies.
(d) Names of planets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Signor Giordano Bruno "because he was not a Venetian and also had no appointment here"?

2. Who enters the room after the "Very Old Cardinal" collapses?

3. In the Ptolemaic system model, what does Galileo claim moved?

4. What do the Duke and his Court attend after leaving Galileo's home?

5. What are the globes on the Ptolemaic system model made of?

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