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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Sphere and the Cylinder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the study of shapes in space?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Arithmetic.
(d) Applied Mathematics.

2. What did Archimedes claim he could move if he had a place to stand?
(a) The moon.
(b) A ship.
(c) A building.
(d) The earth.

3. To what did a series of ropes and wheels run from King Hiero's ship?
(a) An ellipse.
(b) A hyperbola.
(c) A parabola.
(d) A helix.

4. What type of mathematics must engineers use to build bridges?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Applied Mathematics.
(c) Trigonometry.
(d) Arithmetic.

5. What was Archimedes favorite branch of mathematics?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Calculus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What books did Archimedes send to friends in Alexandria with deliberate errors?

2. What did Archimedes want on his tomb?

3. What field of mathematics is necessary to create rockets and space travel?

4. What type of lever has the force at one end, the resistance at the other end, and the fulcrum in between?

5. What is the solid of a triangle?

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