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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was King Hiero's crown supposed to be made from?
(a) Tin.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Copper.

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

3. What is the point on which the lever turns or moves?
(a) Fulcrum.
(b) Center point.
(c) Force.
(d) Resistance.

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

5. What constellations did Archimedes' teacher of mathematics discover?
(a) Argo Navis.
(b) Quadrans Muralis.
(c) Coma Berenices.
(d) Lochium Funus.

6. Who was Alexander the Great's tutor?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Epicurus.
(d) Plato.

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

8. When was Euclid born?
(a) About 375 B.C.
(b) About 425 B.C.
(c) About 400 B.C.
(d) About 330 B.C.

9. Where would Archimedes sketch his diagrams when he was in his workroom?
(a) On papyrus.
(b) On pieces of cloth.
(c) On a clay tablet.
(d) In sand on the floor.

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

11. Which type of mathematics do architects needs to plan buildings?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Applied Mathematics.
(d) Calculus.

12. Which branch of mathematics studies numbers?
(a) Arithmetic.
(b) Computation.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Geometry.

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

14. Which planet did the Greeks name after the king of the gods?
(a) Mars.
(b) Venus.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Mercury.

15. What was the name of Archimedes' father?
(a) Callippus.
(b) Xenocrates.
(c) Leodamas.
(d) Phidias.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Archimedes sketch his diagrams when he was sitting by the fire in the evening?

2. What is the formula to find the volume of a cube?

3. What would Archimedes' nurse read to him if he was good?

4. How much money would a laborer earn in Archimedes' day?

5. What does "eureka" mean?

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