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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes V - VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters the room after the "Very Old Cardinal" collapses?
(a) Clavius.
(b) The Duke of Florence.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Galileo.

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

3. How much is the private tuition that Galileo initially was going to charge Ludovico?
(a) Five scudi a month.
(b) Fifteen scudi a month.
(c) Ten scudi a month.
(d) Fifty scudi a month.

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

5. What do the strips of paper on the Ptolemaic system model have written on them?
(a) Names of galaxies.
(b) Names of planets.
(c) Names of stars.
(d) Names of moons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the ball, what mask does Barberini wear? (Scene VI)

3. 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"?

4. In the Ptolemaic system model, what does Galileo claim moved?

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

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