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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) Ashes on the hearth.
(b) Papyrus.
(c) A piece of cloth.
(d) Clay tablets.

2. What is not an example of a lever?
(a) Crowbar.
(b) An axle.
(c) Hammer.
(d) Screw driver.

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

4. What type of lever has the force at one end, the resistance at the other end, and the fulcrum in between?
(a) Second-class lever.
(b) First-class lever.
(c) Third-class lever.
(d) Fourth-class lever.

5. If you took a sphere and made a cylinder whose base was the greatest circle of the sphere and whose height was the diameter of the sphere, how much larger would the surface of the cylinder be than the surface of the sphere?
(a) 8 times.
(b) 6 times.
(c) 1 1/2 times.
(d) 2 1/2 times.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what book did Archimedes give mathematicians a logical way to start any problem and an orderly way of setting things down?

3. What is the study of shapes in space?

4. What is the formula to find the volume of a cube?

5. What did the King order after Archimedes moved his ship?

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