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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 is the only thing that the people from the "Little Monk's" village knew about?
(a) Olives.
(b) Wine.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Bread.

2. After finding out about Ludovico's interests, how much does Galileo say he is going to charge him for private tuition?
(a) Fifteen scudi a month.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Twenty scudi a month.
(d) Ten scudi a month.

3. What bell rings as Virginia entered her father's room? (Scene III)
(a) A bell signaling lunch.
(b) An evening bell.
(c) A bell for early Mass.
(d) A noon bell.

4. What does Galileo call a man who knows the truth and calls it a lie?
(a) A prophet.
(b) A fraud.
(c) A liar.
(d) A criminal.

5. After the bell rang, who reads Galileo's recant on the street?
(a) Federzoni
(b) Andrea.
(c) The crier.
(d) The Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the First Scholar see that Galileo dropped?

2. What gift is sent to Galileo by "someone passing through"? (Scene XII)

3. What astrological sign does Virgina align with?

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

5. What does Federzoni think has begun, "the hour of its birth," when the bell does not ring at the time the inquisitors thought it would?

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