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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Archimedes and Astronomy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who estimated the circumference of the earth to within one hundred miles?
(a) Eratosthenes.
(b) Aristarchus.
(c) Archimedes.
(d) Anaxagorus.

2. What was the mathematical subject that Archimedes did not write about?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Arithmetic.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Algebra.

3. How old would Archimedes have been when he moved out of the women's quarters?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

4. Who was Archimedes' teacher of mathematics at the Museum?
(a) Callimachus.
(b) Zenodotus.
(c) Apollonius of Rhodes.
(d) Conon of Samos.

5. What hobgoblin would Archimedes' read about to scare him if he was bad?
(a) Empersa.
(b) Tethys.
(c) Rhea.
(d) Eurynome.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Archimedes born?

2. Who was Alexander the Great's tutor?

3. What great Greek teacher who lived more than one hundred years before Archimedes believed it was important to learn geometry?

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

5. When did the Museum open in Alexandria?

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