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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 was King Hiero's crown supposed to be made from?
(a) Copper.
(b) Gold.
(c) Tin.
(d) Silver.
2. If two weights weigh the same, where will they balance?
(a) At equal distances.
(b) In the center.
(c) At eight inches apart.
(d) At two inches apart.
3. What is the point on which the lever turns or moves?
(a) Center point.
(b) Resistance.
(c) Force.
(d) Fulcrum.
4. Who was Archimedes' teacher of mathematics at the Museum?
(a) Apollonius of Rhodes.
(b) Callimachus.
(c) Zenodotus.
(d) Conon of Samos.
5. How many books were included in Euclid's "The Elements"?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many hours did the Greeks believe it took the earth to turn on its axis?
2. Who dipped Archimedes in warm water and oil and then wrapped him from head to feet like an Indian papoose?
3. What science did Archimedes begin that deals with the actions of forces on things?
4. If you took a sphere and made a cylinder whose base was the greatest circle of the sphere and whose height was the diameter of the sphere, how much larger would the surface of the cylinder be than the surface of the sphere?
5. What dimensions does a plane figure have?
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