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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes XIII - XIV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys ask Andrea about, given that he is a scholar?
(a) If one could make things disappear.
(b) If one could cast spells.
(c) If one could fly through the air.
(d) If magic was real.

2. Who does the Scholar claim is drunk again-while play-acting with the Monk?
(a) The Duke.
(b) Himself.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Mother Earth.

3. Who, from Amsterdam, wanted Andrea to ask about Galileo's health?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Francico.
(c) Demetrius.
(d) Fabricius.

4. While talking to Andrea about the ships that had found new continents, what does Galileo call the "dreaded ocean"?
(a) A lake.
(b) A pond.
(c) A puddle.
(d) A pool.

5. What does the new Pope, at the opening of Scene VIII, want Galileo to study?
(a) Sunspots.
(b) The moon.
(c) The Earth's rotation.
(d) The stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the bell rang, who reads Galileo's recant on the street?

2. How much is the private tuition that Galileo initially was going to charge Ludovico?

3. How old is Virginia in Scene XII?

4. At the ball, what mask does Barberini wear? (Scene VI)

5. According to Galileo, who were the ones that were "no longer moved by reason"?

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