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

2. What do the Duke and his Court attend after leaving Galileo's home?
(a) A knighting.
(b) The Court Ball.
(c) A trial.
(d) An inquisition.

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

4. Where did Ludovico Marsili's letter say he has studied?
(a) Prague.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Holland.
(d) Paris.

5. What does Galileo ask the men to trust when looking through the telescope at the stars?
(a) Their hearts.
(b) Their minds.
(c) Their eyes.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What name does Galileo want to bestow on the new stars he found?

3. What does Galileo tell Andrea to put on the table? (Scene I)

4. How many globes surround the center stone?

5. What does Ludovico tell Galileo were his interests?

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