View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Galileo design a smelting-plant for?
(a) Ludovico.
(b) Bellarmin.
(c) Signor Vanni.
(d) Rector Gaffone.

2. According to Vanni, how many books on agriculture were published, within the last year, in London?
(a) 8 books.
(b) 2 books.
(c) 14 books.
(d) 5 books.

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

4. What manuscripts does Galileo give to the "Little Monk"?
(a) Papers on the inquiry of time.
(b) Papers on evolution.
(c) Papers on why the ocean moves in ebb and flood.
(d) Papers on the sun being the center of the universe.

5. Where does Scene VII open?
(a) A monastery.
(b) In the Palace of the Florentine Ambassador in Rome.
(c) In the Hall of Inquisition.
(d) Galileo's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is the private tuition that Galileo initially was going to charge Ludovico?

2. What do the strips of paper on the Ptolemaic system model have written on them?

3. What chess piece does Galileo say took to "moving all over the board"?

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

5. Whom does the Inquisitor have taking a transcript of the conversation between Galileo and Cardinals Bellarmin and Barberini?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 261 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample