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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Archimedes and King Heiro's Crown.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is heavier than wood?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Copper.
(c) Iron.
(d) Silver.

2. What would Archimedes' nurse read to him if he was good?
(a) Tales of the Gods.
(b) Aesop's Fables.
(c) Stories about wars.
(d) Stories about giants.

3. Who was Archimedes' teacher of mathematics at the Museum?
(a) Conon of Samos.
(b) Zenodotus.
(c) Callimachus.
(d) Apollonius of Rhodes.

4. From where would ships bring grain to Sicily?
(a) Africa.
(b) China.
(c) Persia.
(d) Egypt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Archimedes spent days staring at the King's crown, who came to take him somewhere?

2. Who was the French scientist who later added to the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?

3. How many hours did the Greeks believe it took the earth to turn on its axis?

4. Who was Archimedes' predecessor in the field of mathematics?

5. What is the science that deals with the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?

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