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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 Sarti hand to Galileo while he was telling her about the new discoveries in science?
(a) A letter of recommendation.
(b) A bill from the milkman.
(c) A letter of interest in Galileo's work.
(d) A bill from the bookstore.

2. Where does Galileo tell Sagredo that the light from the moon comes from?
(a) Earth.
(b) Stars.
(c) The moon.
(d) The sun.

3. Who is Virginia speaking with at the end of Scene VI?
(a) Her fiance.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Her father.
(d) The Inquisitor.

4. How much is the private tuition that Galileo initially was going to charge Ludovico?
(a) Five scudi a month.
(b) Fifteen scudi a month.
(c) Ten scudi a month.
(d) Fifty scudi a month.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Galileo tell the Curator would "save millions of scudi in navigation"?

2. What epicyclical orbit does Galileo draw on the blackboard when describing his discovery to the Grand Duke of Tuscany?

3. What does Galileo tell Andrea to put on the table? (Scene I)

4. According to Bellarmin, whose teachings have been found, by the Holy Office, to be "futile, foolish and heretical"?

5. What is the name of the Grand Duke of Tuscany?

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