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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Archimedes and His Lever.

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) 88 sextillion.
(d) 66 billion.

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

3. How much would a skilled craftsman earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 10 cents a day.
(b) 25 cents a day.
(c) 20 cents a day.
(d) 15 cents a day.

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

5. From which factories would ships bring manufactured goods?
(a) Crete.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Athens.
(d) Corinth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the bugaboo that Archimedes' nurse would read about that frightened him when he was bad?

2. What is the work done on a lever called?

3. How much would an educated man, like an architect, earn in Archimedes' day?

4. Whom did Archimedes enjoy arguing with regarding whether pure reason was better than practical knowledge?

5. Where would Archimedes sketch his diagrams when he was in his workroom?

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