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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, No End to Archimedes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What field of mathematics is necessary to create rockets and space travel?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Computation.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Algebra.

2. What is the work that is to be done with a lever called?
(a) Force.
(b) Energy.
(c) Resistance.
(d) Fulcrum.

3. Who founded Alexandria?
(a) Antoniadas.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Alexander the Great.
(d) Ptolemy.

4. From where would ships bring grain to Sicily?
(a) Africa.
(b) Persia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) China.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much larger did Archimedes believe that the Greek universe (our solar system) was larger than the earth?

3. Where is earth's center of gravity in the solar system?

4. What sound did the author mention that could be made in a cave?

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

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