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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is the private tuition that Galileo initially was going to charge Ludovico?
(a) Ten scudi a month.
(b) Five scudi a month.
(c) Fifteen scudi a month.
(d) Fifty scudi a month.

2. In what city does Galileo teach mathematics in the opening of the play?
(a) Rome.
(b) Paris.
(c) Venice.
(d) Padua.

3. According to the Curator, what republic refuses the Inquisition any say in scientific affairs?
(a) Rome.
(b) Paris.
(c) Prague.
(d) Venice.

4. What do the strips of paper on the Ptolemaic system model have written on them?
(a) Names of moons.
(b) Names of stars.
(c) Names of galaxies.
(d) Names of planets.

5. What does the stone at the center of the Ptolemaic system model represent?
(a) Earth.
(b) The moon.
(c) The sun.
(d) Neptune.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chess piece does Galileo say took to "moving all over the board"?

2. What year is it in the opening of the play?

3. Where did Ludovico Marsili's letter say he has studied?

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

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

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