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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes IX - X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many stars does Galileo find revolved around Jupiter?
(a) 1 stars.
(b) 6 stars.
(c) 3 stars.
(d) 4 stars.

2. How many months of pay does the Court owe Galileo? (in Scene Nine)
(a) 2 months pay.
(b) 3 months pay.
(c) 6 months pay.
(d) 12 months pay.

3. At the ball, what mask does Cardinal Bellarmin wear? (Scene VI)
(a) That of an eagle.
(b) That of a lamb.
(c) That of a wolf.
(d) That of a clown.

4. What does the new Pope, at the opening of Scene VIII, want Galileo to study?
(a) The Earth's rotation.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) Sunspots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Galileo use to represent the sun when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?

2. What is the only thing that the people from the "Little Monk's" village knew about?

3. What author has Galileo begun to read again? (Revealed by Galileo to the "Little Monk" during their conversation in Scene VII.)

4. Where does Scene VI open?

5. Where does Scene V open?

(see the answer key)

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