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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the Inquisitor have taking a transcript of the conversation between Galileo and Cardinals Bellarmin and Barberini?
(a) The clerks playing chess.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Andrea.
(d) The lady in waiting.

2. What is Virginia sewing at the opening of Scene VIII?
(a) A trousseau.
(b) A dress.
(c) Linen napkins.
(d) A suit.

3. Where does Scene V open?
(a) Galileo's home.
(b) Venice.
(c) Hall of the Collegium Romanum in Rome.
(d) The marketplace in Florence.

4. What chess piece does Galileo say took to "moving all over the board"?
(a) The pawn.
(b) The castle.
(c) The King.
(d) The knight.

5. What do the strips of paper on the Ptolemaic system model have written on them?
(a) Names of stars.
(b) Names of galaxies.
(c) Names of moons.
(d) Names of planets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Scholar claim is drunk again-while play-acting with the Monk?

2. What type of language does the Inquisitor say that Galileo writes in?

3. What does the "Little Monk" tell Andrea about that Galileo always carries in his pocket?

4. Who enters the room after the "Very Old Cardinal" collapses?

5. What bell rings as Virginia entered her father's room? (Scene III)

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