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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 Ludovico tell Galileo were his interests?
(a) Horses.
(b) Science.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Music.

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

3. What is the name of the Grand Duke of Tuscany?
(a) His Royal Highness of Tuscany.
(b) Signor Ragsord.
(c) Sagamond.
(d) Cosimo de' Medici.

4. According to Galileo, if one believes in humanity, they believe in what?
(a) "Common sense."
(b) "Something bigger than himself."
(c) "God."
(d) "That mankind is the center of all."

5. Who does the Scholar claim is drunk again-while play-acting with the Monk?
(a) Himself.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Mother Earth.
(d) The Duke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Galileo tell Virginia that they move to Florence?

2. When Sagredo asks Galileo about where God was, what is Galileo's answer?

3. In what city does Galileo teach mathematics in the opening of the play?

4. Who does the "Very Old Cardinal" claim was the "crown of creation"?

5. Where did Ludovico Marsili's letter say he has studied?

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