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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 do Cosimo and Andrea break during their fighting on the floor?
(a) The Ptolemaic model.
(b) The telescope.
(c) A chair.
(d) A star model.

2. What does Galileo use to represent the Earth when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?
(a) A milk bottle.
(b) Andrea.
(c) A chair.
(d) A loaf of bread.

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

4. Who does the "Very Old Cardinal" claim was the "crown of creation"?
(a) God.
(b) Man.
(c) The church.
(d) The sun.

5. What does Galileo tell the Curator would "save millions of scudi in navigation"?
(a) New star charts.
(b) The telescope.
(c) New ocean maps.
(d) New ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing Galileo's findings regarding the movement of stars, who did the Philosopher think Signer Federzoni was?

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

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

4. Which Dane determines the track of a comet?

5. How old is Galileo when he was arguing with the Curator about salary?

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