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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. How much would an educated man, like an architect, earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 45 cents a day.
(b) 60 cents a day.
(c) 30 cents a day.
(d) 50 cents a day.

2. How many years after Archimedes lived was the printing press invented?
(a) 1,500 years.
(b) 2,300 years.
(c) 2,100 years.
(d) 1,800 years.

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

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

5. How much money would a laborer earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 3 to 5 cents.
(b) 2 cents.
(c) 6 to 10 cents.
(d) 12 cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Archimedes taken when he had spent days staring at the King's crown and little else?

2. How many years later after Archimedes' work did another scientist add to the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?

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

4. When was Euclid born?

5. Who dipped Archimedes in warm water and oil and then wrapped him from head to feet like an Indian papoose?

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