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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Galileo place the Ptolemaic system for Andrea to find?
(a) Behind the star charts.
(b) In the broom closet.
(c) Under the table.
(d) In the teapot.

2. 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.

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

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

5. When Sagredo asks Galileo about where God was, what is Galileo's answer?
(a) "On the moon."
(b) "In us, or nowhere."
(c) "On earth, buried deeply as to not be found."
(d) "On the brightest star."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Virginia say she will be married?

2. Who is Virginia speaking with at the end of Scene VI?

3. What chess piece does Galileo say took to "moving all over the board"?

4. How old is Andrea in Scene I?

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

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