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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. What word means balance?
(a) Equitation.
(b) Equilibrium.
(c) Equitable.
(d) Equability.

2. Who was the Roman general who waged war against Syracuse?
(a) Glabrio.
(b) Marcellus.
(c) Bonifacius.
(d) Aureolus.

3. What is the circumference of a circle?
(a) The ratio between the diameter and the radius.
(b) The distance around the circle.
(c) The distance from rim to rim of a circle.
(d) The distance from the center of a circle to the rim.

4. What is the solid of a triangle?
(a) Box.
(b) Sphere.
(c) Cube.
(d) Cone.

5. How much larger did Archimedes believe that the Greek universe (our solar system) was larger than the earth?
(a) 10,000 times.
(b) 30,000 times.
(c) 20,000 times.
(d) 50,000 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. With Archimedes' polygons, how much more was the circumference than the diameter?

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

3. What metal did the King suspect had been substituted in the crown?

4. What was Archimedes favorite branch of mathematics?

5. Which type of mathematics do architects needs to plan buildings?

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