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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Archimedes and Astronomy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Archimedes' father?
(a) Phidias.
(b) Xenocrates.
(c) Leodamas.
(d) Callippus.

2. What was Archimedes' father's occupation?
(a) Physician.
(b) Astronomer.
(c) Historian.
(d) Mathematician.

3. Who believed that the earth was a flat rectangle with their country in the middle?
(a) Babylonians.
(b) Persians.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Egyptians.

4. Who was Archimedes' teacher of mathematics at the Museum?
(a) Zenodotus.
(b) Apollonius of Rhodes.
(c) Callimachus.
(d) Conon of Samos.

5. Who dipped Archimedes in warm water and oil and then wrapped him from head to feet like an Indian papoose?
(a) A slave.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His godmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Archimedes create that told him the density of liquids?

2. How did Archimedes's family announce his birth?

3. What is the work that is to be done with a lever called?

4. What is heavier than wood?

5. How much would an educated man, like an architect, earn in Archimedes' day?

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