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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Galileo, when informed upon the Holy Office's findings, who accepted Galileo's observations?
(a) The University of Florence.
(b) The Pope.
(c) The astronomers of the Collegium Romanum.
(d) Cardinal Bellarmin.

2. What are the globes on the Ptolemaic system model made of?
(a) Marble.
(b) Stone.
(c) Crystal.
(d) Clay.

3. Where does Scene V open?
(a) Galileo's home.
(b) Hall of the Collegium Romanum in Rome.
(c) Venice.
(d) The marketplace in Florence.

4. What happens to Signor Giordano Bruno "because he was not a Venetian and also had no appointment here"?
(a) He was banished from the city.
(b) He was imprisoned.
(c) He was hung.
(d) He was burned at the stake.

5. Who does Andrea tell his mother had "worked out" that the Earth went around the sun?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Kippernicus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Galileo tell Sagredo the spots on stars were?

4. Why does Andrea leave the room when Galileo was asking the men from the courts to look through the telescope?

5. What does Sarti offer to the Grand Duke as his Court is leaving at the end of Scene IV?

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