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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. Who was the first person to indicate latitude and longitude on a map?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Apollonius.
(c) Eratosthenes.
(d) Zenodotus.

2. How many years after Archimedes lived was the printing press invented?
(a) 1,800 years.
(b) 2,100 years.
(c) 2,300 years.
(d) 1,500 years.

3. Who was Archimedes' teacher of mathematics at the Museum?
(a) Zenodotus.
(b) Conon of Samos.
(c) Apollonius of Rhodes.
(d) Callimachus.

4. Who dipped Archimedes in warm water and oil and then wrapped him from head to feet like an Indian papoose?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) A slave.
(d) His godmother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the mathematical subject that Archimedes did not write about?

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

3. What was Archimedes' father's occupation?

4. When was the city of Alexandria founded?

5. What type of lever has the force at one end, the resistance at the other end, and the fulcrum in between?

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