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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 Scene V?
(a) 1610.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1605.
(d) 1620.

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

3. Where does Virginia say she will be married?
(a) Rome.
(b) Prague.
(c) Holland.
(d) Florence.

4. Who does Galileo say are his "favorite readings"?
(a) Aristotle and Plato.
(b) The Bible and Socrates.
(c) The Bible and Homer.
(d) Socrates and Homer.

5. According to the person from the Grand Duke's Palace, what bell will ring when Galileo recants his teachings?
(a) The great bell of St. Mark's.
(b) The great bell of St. John.
(c) The great bell of St. Mercy.
(d) The great bell of St. Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. While talking to Andrea about the ships that had found new continents, what does Galileo call the "dreaded ocean"?

2. What time do the people of the inquisition believe that Galileo would recant?

3. According to Vanni, how many books on agriculture were published, within the last year, in London?

4. What invention does Ludovico tell Galileo about that he has just seen in Holland?

5. At the end of Scene X, what has the Pope finished doing?

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