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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 year is it in the opening of the play?
(a) 1609.
(b) 1510.
(c) 1409.
(d) 1710.

2. Where had the "Little Monk" grown up?
(a) Florence.
(b) Campagna.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

3. At the ball, what mask does Cardinal Bellarmin wear? (Scene VI)
(a) That of a wolf.
(b) That of an eagle.
(c) That of a lamb.
(d) That of a clown.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Scene IX, what awaits Galileo?

2. What happens to Virginia at the end of Scene VIII?

3. What object does Andrea tell Galileo not to use because "You can prove anything with them"?

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

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

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