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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes III - IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Cosimo and Andrea break during their fighting on the floor?
(a) A star model.
(b) The Ptolemaic model.
(c) The telescope.
(d) A chair.

2. Who does Andrea tell his mother had "worked out" that the Earth went around the sun?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Kippernicus.

3. What are the globes on the Ptolemaic system model made of?
(a) Crystal.
(b) Stone.
(c) Marble.
(d) Clay.

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

5. How much is the private tuition that Galileo initially was going to charge Ludovico?
(a) Ten scudi a month.
(b) Fifty scudi a month.
(c) Fifteen scudi a month.
(d) Five scudi a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stars does Galileo find revolved around Jupiter?

2. How many years did Sarti work for Monsignor Filippo before working for Galileo?

3. What does Galileo ask the men to trust when looking through the telescope at the stars?

4. What does Sarti hand to Galileo while he was telling her about the new discoveries in science?

5. How old is Galileo's daughter, Virginia, in Scene II?

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