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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes XI - XII.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Sarti tell Virginia to go to the University to see an astronomer?
(a) To prove her father's teachings true.
(b) To cast her horoscope.
(c) To seek a better husband.
(d) To prove her father's teachings false.

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

4. What does Ludovico tell Galileo were his interests?
(a) Science.
(b) Music.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Horses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While Galileo is in with the inquisition, what is Virginia doing?

2. What is the date of the opening of Scene III?

3. What does the "Very Old Cardinal" call Galileo because of Galileo's claims?

4. What does Galileo tell Vanni that he values after Vanni suggests that Galileo "take up flight"?

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

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