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Archimedes and the Door of Science Quiz

Jeanne Bendick
This Study Guide consists of approximately 20 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Archimedes and the Door of Science.

Archimedes and the Door of Science Quiz

Jeanne Bendick
This Study Guide consists of approximately 20 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Archimedes and the Door of Science.

Take our free Archimedes and the Door of Science quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is the solid of a square? (from Chapter 11, The Sphere and the Cylinder)

2.

What historian wrote an account of the battle between Rome and Syracuse? (from Chapter 12, The War Machines of Archimedes)

3.

Which astronomers believed that the earth was inside a hollow iron sphere? (from Chapter 6, Archimedes and Astronomy)

4.

What time of day did Marcellus order his soldiers to make a noise when they entered Syracuse? (from Chapter 13, The End of Archimedes)

5.

When Buffon, a French scientist, made a mirror following the description of Archimedes' mirrors, how far away could he set fire to wood? (from Chapter 12, The War Machines of Archimedes)

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