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

2. Who was the first person to indicate latitude and longitude on a map?
(a) Eratosthenes.
(b) Zenodotus.
(c) Aristophanes.
(d) Apollonius.

3. From where would ships bring fish to Sicily?
(a) Arabian Sea.
(b) Black Sea.
(c) Red Sea.
(d) Bering Sea.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Archimedes claim he could move if he had a place to stand?

2. During Archimedes' time, where did explorers say that savages called "gorillas" lived?

3. Who was the French scientist who later added to the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?

4. How many times in his life did Archimedes leave Sicily and travel?

5. Near what country is Sicily located?

(see the answer key)

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