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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 does the Curator say that Galileo had invented for the city, calling the invention "excellent"?
(a) A clock.
(b) A drainage system.
(c) A water pump.
(d) A telescope.

2. Why does Galileo tell Andrea that they could not investigate sunspots?
(a) Because they "could not waste their time."
(b) Because they were "working on floating bodies."
(c) Because they were" not authorized by the Holy Court."
(d) Because they had "too much knowledge already."

3. What time do the people of the inquisition believe that Galileo would recant?
(a) 8:00.
(b) 2:00.
(c) 12:00.
(d) 5:00.

4. According the opening of Scene XII, where is Galileo living?
(a) In Virginia's home under lock and key.
(b) In a country house near Florence.
(c) In Venice.
(d) In a jail cell.

5. Why does Andrea leave the room when Galileo was asking the men from the courts to look through the telescope?
(a) Andrea needed to get water for the men.
(b) Andrea said the men were stupid.
(c) Andrea was embarassed for fighting with Cosimo.
(d) Andrea's nose started bleeding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Dane determines the track of a comet?

2. Where does Scene VI open?

3. What does Ludovico tell Galileo were his interests?

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

5. Who, from Amsterdam, wanted Andrea to ask about Galileo's health?

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