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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Sphere and the Cylinder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the solid of a triangle?
(a) Cone.
(b) Cube.
(c) Sphere.
(d) Box.

2. How many miles long would Archimedes' lever have had to be if he had tried to move the earth?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 88 sextillion.
(c) 66 billion.
(d) 95 trillion.

3. What did Archimedes write about mathematics?
(a) Textbooks.
(b) Proofs.
(c) Essays.
(d) Theoretical books.

4. To what did a series of ropes and wheels run from King Hiero's ship?
(a) A hyperbola.
(b) A helix.
(c) An ellipse.
(d) A parabola.

5. What is the formula to find the volume of a cube?
(a) Multiply length by width by height.
(b) Multiply length by width.
(c) Add all the sides together.
(d) Two times the length plus the height.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which type of mathematics do architects needs to plan buildings?

3. Which branch of mathematics had the groundwork for its development laid by Archimedes?

4. What is the work that is to be done with a lever called?

5. What is the solid of a rectangle?

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