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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Pope Urban VII, prior to receiving his papal name?
(a) The "Old Cardinal."
(b) Cardinal Barberini.
(c) Cardinal Bellarmin.
(d) Medici.

2. In what city does Galileo teach mathematics in the opening of the play?
(a) Padua.
(b) Rome.
(c) Venice.
(d) Paris.

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

4. What is the only thing that the people from the "Little Monk's" village knew about?
(a) Olives.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Wine.
(d) Bread.

5. At the end of Scene Seven, the "Little Monk" told Galileo that he cannot understand what?
(a) A sentence.
(b) A word.
(c) A drawing.
(d) A model.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Galileo, what gives the "Little Monk" the right to say whatever he wishes?

2. Who does Andrea tell his mother had "worked out" that the Earth went around the sun?

3. What manuscripts does Galileo give to the "Little Monk"?

4. What happens to Signor Giordano Bruno "because he was not a Venetian and also had no appointment here"?

5. What does Cosimo call Andrea as they fight over the models?

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