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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes IX - X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of language does the Inquisitor say that Galileo writes in?
(a) "The language of the Church, Ecclesiastical Latin."
(b) "The language of scholars."
(c) "The language of mathematicians."
(d) "The language of the fishwives and wool merchants."

2. What manuscripts does Galileo give to the "Little Monk"?
(a) Papers on the sun being the center of the universe.
(b) Papers on the inquiry of time.
(c) Papers on evolution.
(d) Papers on why the ocean moves in ebb and flood.

3. Where does Galileo tell Sagredo that the light from the moon comes from?
(a) Stars.
(b) The moon.
(c) The sun.
(d) Earth.

4. 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.

5. What does Galileo tell Vanni that he values after Vanni suggests that Galileo "take up flight"?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Home.
(c) Family.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Galileo tell Andrea to put on the table? (Scene I)

3. What does the Curator say that Galileo had invented for the city, calling the invention "excellent"?

4. Why does Galileo tell Virginia that they move to Florence?

5. What does the new Pope, at the opening of Scene VIII, want Galileo to study?

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