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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 Galileo tell the Curator would "save millions of scudi in navigation"?
(a) New ships.
(b) New ocean maps.
(c) The telescope.
(d) New star charts.

2. What time do the people of the inquisition believe that Galileo would recant?
(a) 2:00.
(b) 12:00.
(c) 8:00.
(d) 5:00.

3. What is the date at the opening of Scene XI?
(a) January 11, 1622.
(b) June 22, 1633.
(c) March 17, 1644.
(d) December 14, 1638.

4. Who claims that Galileo would damn him if he (Galileo) would not see him?
(a) The "Little Monk."
(b) Bellarmin.
(c) Mucius.
(d) Andrea.

5. Why does Andrea say that Galileo could not have stayed in the Republic?
(a) Because he could not study the stars there.
(b) Because he could not publish his book there.
(c) Because he could not write his book there.
(d) Because he could not study the ocean there.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sagredo asks Galileo about where God was, what is Galileo's answer?

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

3. Where does Scene VII open?

4. Where does Scene VIII open?

5. Where does Scene IV open?

(see the answer key)

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