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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 does Cosimo call Andrea as they fight over the models?
(a) "Rat."
(b) "Beets."
(c) "Dog."
(d) "Carrots."

2. Why does Andrea leave the room when Galileo was asking the men from the courts to look through the telescope?
(a) Andrea said the men were stupid.
(b) Andrea was embarassed for fighting with Cosimo.
(c) Andrea needed to get water for the men.
(d) Andrea's nose started bleeding.

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

4. Why does the Grand Duke of Tuscany come to Galileo's home?
(a) To talk to Galileo about stars.
(b) To talk to Santi.
(c) To see Andrea.
(d) To see the telescope.

5. How many globes surround the center stone?
(a) 9 globes.
(b) 12 globes.
(c) 10 globes.
(d) 8 globes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Galileo use to represent the Earth when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?

2. What bell rings as Virginia entered her father's room? (Scene III)

3. What is the date of the opening of Scene III?

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

5. Who does Andrea tell his mother had "worked out" that the Earth went around the sun?

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