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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 many books were included in Euclid's "The Elements"?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

2. What strait did Carthage control?
(a) Cook.
(b) Messina.
(c) Pentland.
(d) Gibralter.

3. How much larger is the sun than the moon?
(a) 500,000 times larger.
(b) 750,000 times larger.
(c) 1,320,000 times larger.
(d) 250,000 times larger.

4. When Archimedes worked with a sphere and cylinder, he figured the ratio or relationship of the cylinder to the sphere was ___________.
(a) 10/9.
(b) 6/5.
(c) 3/2.
(d) 7/6.

5. What scientist do most people believe was the first to understand the laws of gravitation?
(a) Blaise Pascal.
(b) Sir Isaac Newton.
(c) Nicholas Copernicius.
(d) Archimedes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the solid of a square?

2. What was the name of Archimedes' father?

3. How old was Archimedes when he received his name?

4. What is the ratio of the area of a circle to the circle's diameter squared?

5. When was Euclid born?

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