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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 sickness was the "Old Gentlemen" discussing as they climbed the stairs to see the telescope?
(a) The plague.
(b) Larsen Sydnrome.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Homocystinuria.

2. 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.

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

4. What does the Pope tell the Inquisitor that he will not have destroyed?
(a) Mathematical cables.
(b) Copernicus' writings.
(c) Aristotle's writings.
(d) Galileo's writings.

5. Why does the clerk say that he did not have time to go through the books in the chest?
(a) Because he had to collect toll money.
(b) Because he had to go to the doctor.
(c) Because he had to sign papers at his farm.
(d) Because he had to go to another town to collect taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing that Virginia says to Galileo?

2. What is the only thing that the people from the "Little Monk's" village knew about?

3. While waiting to hear news of the inquisition, what are the "Little Monk" and Federzoni doing?

4. At the border check, what is the name of the woman that the boys' song is about?

5. What do the Duke and his Court attend after leaving Galileo's home?

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