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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. How many years later after Archimedes' work did another scientist add to the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?
(a) 1200 years.
(b) 750 years.
(c) 1800 years.
(d) 500 years.

2. How many miles long would Archimedes' lever have had to be if he had tried to move the earth?
(a) 95 trillion.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 88 sextillion.
(d) 66 billion.

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

4. From which factories would ships bring manufactured goods?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Crete.
(d) Athens.

5. What was the name of the bugaboo that Archimedes' nurse would read about that frightened him when he was bad?
(a) Simonides.
(b) Titan.
(c) Mormo.
(d) Medea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Greek poet would Archimedes have studied?

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

3. Where was Archimedes taken when he had spent days staring at the King's crown and little else?

4. Where would Archimedes sketch his diagrams when he was sitting by the fire in the evening?

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

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