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

2. What mathematics is needed to figure the cattle problem?
(a) Arithmetic.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Trigonometry.
(d) Calculus.

3. When was Euclid born?
(a) About 425 B.C.
(b) About 375 B.C.
(c) About 400 B.C.
(d) About 330 B.C.

4. What hobgoblin would Archimedes' read about to scare him if he was bad?
(a) Tethys.
(b) Rhea.
(c) Empersa.
(d) Eurynome.

5. What did the King order after Archimedes moved his ship?
(a) Archimedes receive a reward.
(b) A medal be designed for Archimedes.
(c) Archimedes always be believed.
(d) A statue be built of Archimedes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What historian wrote an account of the battle between Rome and Syracuse?

2. How many sides did the polygons have that Archimedes used to determine the area of a circle?

3. With Archimedes' polygons, how much more was the circumference than the diameter?

4. Which astronomer said that the sun was nine times greater than the moon?

5. What did Archimedes invent that is still used to drain or irrigate fields, load grain, and run high-speed machines?

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