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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of the opening of Scene III?
(a) April 17, 1615.
(b) April1, 1611.
(c) January 10, 1590.
(d) January 10, 1610.

2. What prediction does Galileo make to Andrea about astronomy?
(a) That "astronomy will be talked about in the market-places."
(b) That "astronomy will be challenged again and again."
(c) That "astronomy will never falter him."
(d) That "astronomy will be honored by Kings and Queens."

3. Who does Andrea tell his mother had "worked out" that the Earth went around the sun?
(a) Plato.
(b) Kippernicus.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Aristotle.

4. According to the "Very Thin Monk," what is equated with the home of the human race?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The moons of Jupiter.
(c) The sun.
(d) A wondering star.

5. While at the ball, what chapter of the Bible do both Cardinal Bellarmin and Cardinal Barberini quote?
(a) Proverbs.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Kings.
(d) Exodus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the stone at the center of the Ptolemaic system model represent?

2. When, according to Galileo, does he "get most inspiration"?

3. Where does Scene IV open?

4. What name does Galileo want to bestow on the new stars he found?

5. Where does Scene V open?

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