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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles long would Archimedes' lever have had to be if he had tried to move the earth?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 95 trillion.
(c) 66 billion.
(d) 88 sextillion.

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

3. What is the study of shapes in space?
(a) Applied Mathematics.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Arithmetic.
(d) Geometry.

4. How long were the rolls that were used for Greek books?
(a) 120 feet long.
(b) 150 feet long.
(c) 75 feet long.
(d) 215 feet long.

5. How much money would a laborer earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 6 to 10 cents.
(b) 2 cents.
(c) 3 to 5 cents.
(d) 12 cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Archimedes' time, where did explorers say that savages called "gorillas" lived?

2. What sea is near Sicily?

3. What was King Hiero's crown supposed to be made from?

4. How many years later after Archimedes' work did another scientist add to the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?

5. What was Archimedes favorite branch of mathematics?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was known about the lands to the north, south, east, and west of Sicily?

2. Why did Aristotle believe that the earth was curved and shaped like a sphere?

3. What few ideas did Archimedes have that someone had already discovered about the distance between two points?

4. What are some examples of how force creates work?

5. Who was Euclid?

6. Who was Eratosthenes?

7. What would happen when Archimedes was engrossed in a problem?

8. What did Archimedes and King Hiero enjoy arguing about?

9. What heavy object did King Hiero challenge Archimedes to move?

10. Why was it important that Archimedes discovered how to find volume?

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