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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. For how many planets was Archimedes able to estimate the distance from earth?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

2. What was Archimedes' father's occupation?
(a) Mathematician.
(b) Physician.
(c) Astronomer.
(d) Historian.

3. What great Greek teacher who lived more than one hundred years before Archimedes believed it was important to learn geometry?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Sappho.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

4. What laws did Archimedes discover that led to machines that could move heavy loads or increase speeds, or change directions?
(a) Laws of the wheel and axle.
(b) Laws of the pulley and lever.
(c) Laws of the wedge.
(d) Laws of inclined plane.

5. How many books were in the library at Alexandria?
(a) About a quarter of a million.
(b) 750,000.
(c) Half a million.
(d) 100,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the city of Alexandria founded?

3. What principle did Archimedes discover that is one of the basic scientific tests of all the elements?

4. Who was Archimedes' teacher of mathematics at the Museum?

5. Who founded Alexandria?

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