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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Measurement of a Circle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Greek poet would Archimedes have studied?
(a) Aeschylus.
(b) Hesiod.
(c) Homer.
(d) Antimachus.

2. How old would Archimedes have been when he moved out of the women's quarters?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

3. Where was Archimedes taken when he had spent days staring at the King's crown and little else?
(a) The baths.
(b) To his parents' home.
(c) To a place to eat.
(d) To see the king.

4. After Archimedes spent days staring at the King's crown, who came to take him somewhere?
(a) His mother.
(b) The king's guard.
(c) His father.
(d) His slaves.

5. What great Greek teacher who lived more than one hundred years before Archimedes believed it was important to learn geometry?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Sappho.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where would ships bring grain to Sicily?

2. What type of mathematics must engineers use to build bridges?

3. What metal did the King suspect had been substituted in the crown?

4. What is the meaning of the Greek word "mathema" from which mathematics is derived?

5. What is the study of shapes in space?

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