Galileo | Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Scenes I - II

1. What is happening at the opening of Scene I?

2. When Andrea questions Galileo about the Ptolemaic system model, what is Galileo's answer?

3. Describe the Ptolemaic system model that Galileo shows to Andrea.

4. Describe why the Ptolemaic system model is accepted by the majority of society as the truth for how the solar system exists.

5. Why does Galileo say the sailing of ships across the sea creates "a great desire has arisen to fathom the causes of all thing[s]"?