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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Measurement of a Circle.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From where would ships bring fish to Sicily?
(a) Arabian Sea.
(b) Red Sea.
(c) Black Sea.
(d) Bering Sea.

3. How much money would a laborer earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 6 to 10 cents.
(b) 12 cents.
(c) 3 to 5 cents.
(d) 2 cents.

4. How much would an educated man, like an architect, earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 60 cents a day.
(b) 45 cents a day.
(c) 50 cents a day.
(d) 30 cents a day.

5. During Archimedes' time, where did explorers say that savages called "gorillas" lived?
(a) West of the Mediterranean Sea.
(b) South of Egypt.
(c) In the Far East.
(d) East of the Mediterranean Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what country is Sicily located?

2. What type of mathematics must engineers use to build bridges?

3. Before Archimedes, what did people use to figure the area of a circle?

4. After Archimedes spent days staring at the King's crown, who came to take him somewhere?

5. What field of mathematics is necessary to create rockets and space travel?

(see the answer key)

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