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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The War Machines of Archimedes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long were the rolls that were used for Greek books?
(a) 215 feet long.
(b) 75 feet long.
(c) 150 feet long.
(d) 120 feet long.

2. What is the point on which the lever turns or moves?
(a) Fulcrum.
(b) Center point.
(c) Resistance.
(d) Force.

3. What would be the area of a circle that had a radius of 3 inches?
(a) 12.3454.
(b) 28.27431 inches.
(c) 5.9986.
(d) 45.33813.

4. 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) 2 1/2 times.
(b) 1 1/2 times.
(c) 6 times.
(d) 8 times.

5. What field of mathematics is necessary to create rockets and space travel?
(a) Computation.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Trigonometry.
(d) Calculus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which branch of mathematics deals with distances to directions?

2. What is the solid of a triangle?

3. How long was a stadium?

4. Which astronomers believed that the earth was inside a hollow iron sphere?

5. What was the value of the largest number for which the Greeks had a name?

(see the answer key)

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