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

2. What happens to Signor Giordano Bruno "because he was not a Venetian and also had no appointment here"?
(a) He was banished from the city.
(b) He was burned at the stake.
(c) He was hung.
(d) He was imprisoned.

3. What year is it in the opening of the play?
(a) 1710.
(b) 1409.
(c) 1609.
(d) 1510.

4. How old is Galileo's daughter, Virginia, in Scene II?
(a) 17 years old.
(b) 11 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 15 years old.

5. What object does Andrea tell Galileo not to use because "You can prove anything with them"?
(a) An orange.
(b) An apple.
(c) A ball of yarn.
(d) A pear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Grand Duke of Tuscany come to Galileo's home?

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

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

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

5. How many globes surround the center stone?

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