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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 does the Philosopher say is "an authority recognized not only by the entire learning of antiquity, but also by the Holy Fathers of the Church"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Galileo.

2. What type of language does the Inquisitor say that Galileo writes in?
(a) "The language of scholars."
(b) "The language of mathematicians."
(c) "The language of the Church, Ecclesiastical Latin."
(d) "The language of the fishwives and wool merchants."

3. Whom does the Inquisitor have taking a transcript of the conversation between Galileo and Cardinals Bellarmin and Barberini?
(a) The clerks playing chess.
(b) Virginia.
(c) The lady in waiting.
(d) Andrea.

4. What does Galileo claim is ruining Virginia's complexion?
(a) Worrying about Ludovico.
(b) Worrying about her father.
(c) Finding a new husband.
(d) Going to early Mass.

5. According to Bellarmin, whose teachings have been found, by the Holy Office, to be "futile, foolish and heretical"?
(a) Copernicus' teachings.
(b) Socrates' teachings.
(c) Plato's teachings.
(d) Galileo's teachings.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the "Little Monk," how many nights passed since he had been able to sleep?

2. According to the "Very Thin Monk," what is equated with the home of the human race?

3. How many stars does Galileo find revolved around Jupiter?

4. Where did Scene X open?

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

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