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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. Where would Archimedes sketch his diagrams when he was sitting by the fire in the evening?
(a) A piece of cloth.
(b) Ashes on the hearth.
(c) Papyrus.
(d) Clay tablets.

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

3. What is the work done on a lever called?
(a) Force.
(b) Energy.
(c) Resistance.
(d) Fulcrum.

4. What did the King order after Archimedes moved his ship?
(a) Archimedes always be believed.
(b) Archimedes receive a reward.
(c) A statue be built of Archimedes.
(d) A medal be designed for Archimedes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the point on which the lever turns or moves?

2. In how many books that Archimedes sent to his friends, did he make deliberate errors?

3. When Archimedes worked with a sphere and cylinder, he figured the ratio or relationship of the cylinder to the sphere was ___________.

4. How many miles long would Archimedes' lever have had to be if he had tried to move the earth?

5. What is the solid of a square?

(see the answer key)

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