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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 is the date of the opening of Scene III?
(a) April 17, 1615.
(b) January 10, 1590.
(c) January 10, 1610.
(d) April1, 1611.

2. What does Ludovico tell Galileo were his interests?
(a) Horses.
(b) Music.
(c) Science.
(d) Mathematics.

3. What does Galileo use to represent the sun when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?
(a) A chair.
(b) A wash basin.
(c) A table.
(d) A lamp.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scene IV open?

2. How much is the private tuition that Galileo initially was going to charge Ludovico?

3. What does Galileo say he bought instead of paying the milkman?

4. What prediction does Galileo make to Andrea about astronomy?

5. How old is Andrea in Scene I?

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