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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Archimedes and Astronomy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the mathematical subject that Archimedes did not write about?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Arithmetic.
(d) Calculus.

2. How many days were in the Greek year?
(a) 360.
(b) 345.
(c) 354.
(d) 334.

3. How long were the rolls that were used for Greek books?
(a) 120 feet long.
(b) 150 feet long.
(c) 215 feet long.
(d) 75 feet long.

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

5. Who believed that the earth was a flat rectangle with their country in the middle?
(a) Persians.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) Babylonians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "eureka" mean?

2. What constellations did Archimedes' teacher of mathematics discover?

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

4. What type of lever has the force at one end, the resistance at the other end, and the fulcrum in between?

5. On what type of landform was the city located where Archimedes was born?

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