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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 does Galileo use to represent the Earth when explaining the rotation of the Earth to Andrea?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) Andrea.
(c) A milk bottle.
(d) A chair.

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

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

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

5. What does Galileo tell Andrea to put on the table? (Scene I)
(a) Wine.
(b) Milk.
(c) Bread.
(d) Jam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Signor Giordano Bruno "because he was not a Venetian and also had no appointment here"?

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

3. What do the strips of paper on the Ptolemaic system model have written on them?

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

5. According to the Curator, what republic refuses the Inquisition any say in scientific affairs?

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