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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes VII - VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Curator, what republic refuses the Inquisition any say in scientific affairs?
(a) Prague.
(b) Venice.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

2. Where does Scene VIII open?
(a) The new Pope's chambers.
(b) Galileo's house in Florence.
(c) The Vatican.
(d) Galileo's house in Rome.

3. What bell rings as Virginia entered her father's room? (Scene III)
(a) A bell signaling lunch.
(b) A noon bell.
(c) A bell for early Mass.
(d) An evening bell.

4. Who is Virginia's Father Confessor?
(a) Father Steine from Saint Mercy.
(b) Father Franz from Notre Dame.
(c) Father Michael from Saint Cornela.
(d) Father Christophorus from Saint Ursula.

5. What happens to Signor Giordano Bruno "because he was not a Venetian and also had no appointment here"?
(a) He was imprisoned.
(b) He was hung.
(c) He was burned at the stake.
(d) He was banished from the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does the Curator tell Galileo that telescopes were sold in markets?

2. While speaking with the "Little Monk" about his family's life, what animal does Galileo talk about ?

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

4. What does the First Scholar see that Galileo dropped?

5. How old does Ludovico say the invention he saw in Holland was?

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