Galileo Quizzes

Galileo Quiz 1

1 When did the play premiere?

1938

1941

1950

1943
2 Who wrote the play?

Bertolt Brecht

Anton Chekhov

Henrik Ibsen

Kurt Weill
3 What is the play based on?

An epic poem

The life of a real man

Another play

A short story
4 Who wrote the incidental music for the original production?

Bertolt Brecht

Hanns Eisler

Kurt Weill

Lotte Lenya
5 With which style of theater is Brecht associated?

Psychological realism

Theater of the absurd

Epic theater

Kitchen sink
6 With which American actor did Brecht collaborate to create the American version of the play?

Orson Welles

John Barrymore

Ramon Novarro

Charles Laughton
7 In what year did the play premiere in the United States?

1950

1943

1947

1952
8 Where did Galileo live?

France

Italy

Germany

Greece
9 Why did Brecht flee Germany?

The Nazis

He was wanted for murder

To get away from his ex-wife

He was being put on trial for his scientific experiments
10 What was Galileo's intellectual discipline?

Visual art

Science (physics and astronomy)

Poetry

Philosophy
11 What year is it when the play begins?

1617

1604

1609

1612
12 Where does Galileo live in the beginning of the play?

Bologna

Venice

Florence

Padua
13 What is Galileo seeking to prove?

Copernicus' new cosmogony

The Big Bang

That there are only 3 planets

That the moon is not another planet
14 Who is Galileo supposed to pay at the start of the play?

The milkman

A tax collector

Mrs. Sarti

His daughter's tutor
15 How old is Andrea at the start of the play?

7

13

12

10
16 What does Galileo use to show Andrea his theory?

An apple and a piece of wood

A bale of hay

Two balls

A cat and a spinning top
17 Who visits them in the first scene?

Ludovico Marsili

The Grand Duke

Cardinal Barberini

Virginia's tutor
18 What is Ludovico's chief interest?

Science

Reading

Horses

Dancing
19 How much does Galileo charge Ludovico for lessons?

20 scudi

15 scudi

25 scudi

10 scudi
20 Who tells Galileo about telescopes?

Ludovico

Mrs Sarti

He invents them himself

Andrea
21 What salary has Galileo applied for from the procurator?

750 scudi

1000 scudi

500 scudi

2000 scudi
22 How old is Galileo at the start of the play?

52

28

46

38
23 What is Andrea's ambition?

To become a physicist

To become a painter

To become a banker

To become a monk
24 How old is Virginia at the start of the play?

22

12

18

15
25 What does Galileo introduce to the marketplace to make some money?

The abacus

The globe

The protractor

The telescope

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Galileo

by Bertolt Brecht

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