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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes I - II.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What prediction does Galileo make to Andrea about astronomy?
(a) That "astronomy will never falter him."
(b) That "astronomy will be honored by Kings and Queens."
(c) That "astronomy will be talked about in the market-places."
(d) That "astronomy will be challenged again and again."

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

5. After finding out about Ludovico's interests, how much does Galileo say he is going to charge him for private tuition?
(a) Ten scudi a month.
(b) Fifteen scudi a month.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Twenty scudi a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Ludovico say the invention he saw in Holland was?

2. Where does Galileo place the Ptolemaic system for Andrea to find?

3. What does the stone at the center of the Ptolemaic system model represent?

4. In the Ptolemaic system model, what does Galileo claim moved?

5. What invention does Ludovico tell Galileo about that he has just seen in Holland?

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