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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 constellations did Archimedes' teacher of mathematics discover?
(a) Coma Berenices.
(b) Quadrans Muralis.
(c) Lochium Funus.
(d) Argo Navis.

2. What type of lever has the force at one end, the resistance at the other end, and the fulcrum in between?
(a) Second-class lever.
(b) First-class lever.
(c) Fourth-class lever.
(d) Third-class lever.

3. How much would a skilled craftsman earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 10 cents a day.
(b) 25 cents a day.
(c) 15 cents a day.
(d) 20 cents a day.

4. When was the city of Alexandria founded?
(a) 652 B.C.
(b) 512 B.C.
(c) 332 B.C.
(d) 429 B.C.

5. What is not an example of a lever?
(a) Screw driver.
(b) An axle.
(c) Crowbar.
(d) Hammer.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years did Archimedes' war machines defend the city of Syracuse?

2. What did Archimedes claim he could move if he had a place to stand?

3. What great Greek teacher who lived more than one hundred years before Archimedes believed it was important to learn geometry?

4. What principle did Archimedes discover that tells why some things float, some things sink, and some things rise into the air?

5. What is the work done on a lever called?

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