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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Archimedes and the Centers of Gravity.

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) A slave.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His godmother.

2. What did Archimedes write about mathematics?
(a) Theoretical books.
(b) Textbooks.
(c) Proofs.
(d) Essays.

3. What is the work done on a lever called?
(a) Energy.
(b) Fulcrum.
(c) Force.
(d) Resistance.

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

5. What mathematics is needed to figure the cattle problem?
(a) Arithmetic.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Trigonometry.
(d) Calculus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was a stadium?

2. What constellations did Archimedes' teacher of mathematics discover?

3. What principle did Archimedes discover that tells why some things float, some things sink, and some things rise into the air?

4. With Archimedes' polygons, how much less was the circumference than the diameter?

5. What is the circumference of a circle?

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