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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The War Machines of Archimedes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which astronomer said that the sun was nine times greater than the moon?
(a) Anaxagorus.
(b) Phidias.
(c) Archimedes.
(d) Eudoxus.

2. How many years later after Archimedes' work did another scientist add to the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?
(a) 1200 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 1800 years.
(d) 750 years.

3. How long was Ptolemy's Museum the center of Greek learning?
(a) 1,000 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 300 years.
(d) 750 years.

4. When did people first glimpse the idea of gravity and its effects?
(a) 17th century.
(b) 12th century.
(c) Some time during the 200s B.C.
(d) Some time during the 600s B.C.

5. How many books were included in Euclid's "The Elements"?
(a) 13.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Archimedes' predecessor in the field of mathematics?

2. How many books were in the library at Alexandria?

3. What word means balance?

4. What is the formula for the area of a circle?

5. From where would ships bring fish to Sicily?

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