1 When did the play premiere? 1938 1950 1943 1941 2 Who wrote the play? Anton Chekhov Bertolt Brecht Kurt Weill Henrik Ibsen 3 What is the play based on? A short story An epic poem Another play The life of a real man 4 Who wrote the incidental music for the original production? Hanns Eisler Bertolt Brecht Lotte Lenya Kurt Weill 5 With which style of theater is Brecht associated? Epic theater Kitchen sink Psychological realism Theater of the absurd 6 With which American actor did Brecht collaborate to create the American version of the play? John Barrymore Ramon Novarro Orson Welles Charles Laughton 7 In what year did the play premiere in the United States? 1950 1943 1952 1947 8 Where did Galileo live? Italy France Germany Greece 9 Why did Brecht flee Germany? The Nazis He was being put on trial for his scientific experiments He was wanted for murder To get away from his ex-wife 10 What was Galileo's intellectual discipline? Visual art Science (physics and astronomy) Philosophy Poetry 11 What year is it when the play begins? 1604 1609 1617 1612 12 Where does Galileo live in the beginning of the play? Venice Padua Bologna Florence 13 What is Galileo seeking to prove? That there are only 3 planets The Big Bang That the moon is not another planet Copernicus' new cosmogony 14 Who is Galileo supposed to pay at the start of the play? Mrs. Sarti The milkman A tax collector His daughter's tutor 15 How old is Andrea at the start of the play? 10 12 13 7 16 What does Galileo use to show Andrea his theory? A cat and a spinning top An apple and a piece of wood Two balls A bale of hay 17 Who visits them in the first scene? Virginia's tutor The Grand Duke Cardinal Barberini Ludovico Marsili 18 What is Ludovico's chief interest? Horses Reading Science Dancing 19 How much does Galileo charge Ludovico for lessons? 10 scudi 15 scudi 25 scudi 20 scudi 20 Who tells Galileo about telescopes? Andrea He invents them himself Mrs Sarti Ludovico 21 What salary has Galileo applied for from the procurator? 500 scudi 1000 scudi 750 scudi 2000 scudi 22 How old is Galileo at the start of the play? 46 52 38 28 23 What is Andrea's ambition? To become a monk To become a physicist To become a banker To become a painter 24 How old is Virginia at the start of the play? 15 18 12 22 25 What does Galileo introduce to the marketplace to make some money? The protractor The globe The telescope The abacus
