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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. Which branch of mathematics deals with distances to directions?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Trigonometry.
(d) Calculus.

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

3. What type of mathematics must engineers use to build bridges?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Applied Mathematics.
(d) Arithmetic.

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

5. What dimensions does a plane figure have?
(a) Depth and height.
(b) Length and width.
(c) Length, width and thickness.
(d) Length and height.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Archimedes want on his tomb?

2. What is the study of shapes in space?

3. 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 space or volume would the cylinder take up compared to the sphere?

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 triangle?

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