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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, No End to Archimedes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the city of Alexandria founded?
(a) 512 B.C.
(b) 332 B.C.
(c) 652 B.C.
(d) 429 B.C.

2. What was Archimedes favorite branch of mathematics?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Trigonometry.

3. What can a giant radio telescope fill with broadcast signals?
(a) Billions of light-years.
(b) Pica units of light-years.
(c) Thousands of light-years.
(d) Millions of light-years.

4. What time of day did Marcellus order his soldiers to make a noise when they entered Syracuse?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Mid-morning.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Daybreak.

5. Who were the first people to have ideas about gravity?
(a) Babylonian scientists.
(b) Greek scientists.
(c) Egyptian scientists.
(d) Persian scientists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which astronomer said that the sun was nine times greater than the moon?

2. When do most people believe that the first real understanding of the laws of gravitation began?

3. How did the people of Syracuse celebrate their favorite festival?

4. How did Marcellus feel when he watched his soldiers conquer Syracuse?

5. How many hours did the Greeks believe it took the earth to turn on its axis?

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