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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Archimedes and His Lever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What laws did Archimedes discover that led to machines that could move heavy loads or increase speeds, or change directions?
(a) Laws of the wedge.
(b) Laws of the wheel and axle.
(c) Laws of the pulley and lever.
(d) Laws of inclined plane.

2. What was the name of the bugaboo that Archimedes' nurse would read about that frightened him when he was bad?
(a) Medea.
(b) Titan.
(c) Mormo.
(d) Simonides.

3. What great Greek teacher who lived more than one hundred years before Archimedes believed it was important to learn geometry?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Sappho.
(d) Socrates.

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

5. Who founded Alexandria?
(a) Alexander the Great.
(b) Antoniadas.
(c) Ptolemy.
(d) Pompey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What constellations did Archimedes' teacher of mathematics discover?

2. How much would a skilled craftsman earn in Archimedes' day?

3. How did Archimedes's family announce his birth?

4. From where would ships bring grain to Sicily?

5. How many times in his life did Archimedes leave Sicily and travel?

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