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Questions 1-5 of 25:

After Archimedes spent days staring at the King's crown, who came to take him somewhere? (from Chapter 5, Archimedes and King Heiro's Crown)

The king's guard.

His mother.

His slaves.

His father.

How often did three months have to be added to the Greek year? (from Chapter 6, Archimedes and Astronomy)

Every two years.

Every five years.

Every eight years.

Every four years.

What is the formula to find the volume of a cube? (from Chapter 7, Archimedes and Mathematics)

Two times the length plus the height.

Multiply length by width.

Add all the sides together.

Multiply length by width by height.

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)

150 feet.

50 feet.

100 feet.

75 feet.

How much larger did Archimedes believe that the universe (all the stars) was than the Greek universe? (from Chapter 9, Archimedes and Numbers)

10,000 times.

100,000 times.

50,000 times.

75,000 times.

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