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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Dane determines the track of a comet?
(a) Cosimo Medici.
(b) Tycho Brahe.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Aristotle.

2. Where does Scene VI open?
(a) Cardinal Bellarmin's House in Rome.
(b) The Court of Florence.
(c) Galileo's home.
(d) Ludovico's home.

3. What name does Galileo want to bestow on the new stars he found?
(a) Medici.
(b) Brecht.
(c) Florence.
(d) Paupal.

4. What does Galileo ask the men to trust when looking through the telescope at the stars?
(a) Science.
(b) Their eyes.
(c) Their minds.
(d) Their hearts.

5. In what country does the Curator tell Galileo that telescopes were sold in markets?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Holland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Galileo tell Virginia invited him to Padua?

2. According to Bellarmin, whose responsibility is it to interpret the Bible?

3. According to Galileo, who were the ones that were "no longer moved by reason"?

4. According to Galileo, what "grows feeble from being abused"?

5. On what date did the inquisition put the Copernican teachings on the index?

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