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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the opening of Scene IX, who is Galileo and Virginia waiting to be admitted by?
(a) Ludovico.
(b) The Grand Duke.
(c) Bellarmin.
(d) The Pope.

2. What is the monk play-acting? (in the opening of Scene V.)
(a) The he was looking at the sun through the telescope.
(b) The he was drunk.
(c) That the Earth was spinning too fast.
(d) The he was Galileo.

3. To where does the "High Official" tell Galileo that he has to go to face the Holy Inquisition?
(a) Florence.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Volpi.

4. What does Galileo claim the he knows the difference between when Vanni tells him he is "unable to distinguish your friends from your enemies"?
(a) Science and religion.
(b) Imagination and reality.
(c) Power and impotence.
(d) Wealth and poverty.

5. When, according to Galileo, does he "get most inspiration"?
(a) When he looked at the stars.
(b) When he ate.
(c) When he read.
(d) When he thought about Virginia's dowry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is it at the opening of Scene IX?

2. Where did Ludovico Marsili's letter say he has studied?

3. What, according to Andrea, do the people of Paris and Prague believe sunspots were?

4. What does Galileo tell the Curator would "save millions of scudi in navigation"?

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

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