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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the Museum open in Alexandria?
(a) 350 B.C.
(b) 400 B.C.
(c) 300 B.C.
(d) 200 B.C.

3. For how many planets was Archimedes able to estimate the distance from earth?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

4. What did the King order after Archimedes moved his ship?
(a) Archimedes receive a reward.
(b) Archimedes always be believed.
(c) A medal be designed for Archimedes.
(d) A statue be built of Archimedes.

5. What principle did Archimedes discover that tells why some things float, some things sink, and some things rise into the air?
(a) Buoyancy.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Relativity.
(d) Gravity.

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

7. Which astronomer said that the sun was nine times greater than the moon?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Anaxagorus.
(c) Phidias.
(d) Eudoxus.

8. Who was Archimedes' predecessor in the field of mathematics?
(a) Euclid.
(b) Democritus.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Pythagorus.

9. What did the Greeks called the smallest and fastest planet?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Mars.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Venus.

10. During Archimedes' time, where did explorers say that savages called "gorillas" lived?
(a) South of Egypt.
(b) West of the Mediterranean Sea.
(c) In the Far East.
(d) East of the Mediterranean Sea.

11. What was the name of the bugaboo that Archimedes' nurse would read about that frightened him when he was bad?
(a) Mormo.
(b) Simonides.
(c) Titan.
(d) Medea.

12. What type of mathematics must engineers use to build bridges?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Applied Mathematics.
(d) Arithmetic.

13. How old was Archimedes when he received his name?
(a) 5 days.
(b) Just hours old.
(c) 24 hours old.
(d) 10 days.

14. What does "eureka" mean?
(a) I have found it.
(b) Stop.
(c) Look.
(d) Watch out.

15. What did Archimedes invent that is still used to drain or irrigate fields, load grain, and run high-speed machines?
(a) Archimedean screw.
(b) Claw of Archimedes.
(c) Block-and-tackle-pulley system.
(d) Archimedean spiral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What laws did Archimedes discover that led to machines that could move heavy loads or increase speeds, or change directions?

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

3. How long would it have taken Archimedes to sail from Syracuse to Alexandria?

4. What hobgoblin would Archimedes' read about to scare him if he was bad?

5. What type of lever has the force at one end, the resistance at the other end, and the fulcrum in between?

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