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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Archimedes and the Centers of Gravity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the ratio of the area of a circle to the circle's diameter squared?
(a) 3 to 8.
(b) 10 to 12.
(c) 11 to 14.
(d) 5 to 9.

2. What did Archimedes claim he could move if he had a place to stand?
(a) A building.
(b) The earth.
(c) The moon.
(d) A ship.

3. How did Archimedes's family announce his birth?
(a) A slave went to friends and family
(b) Draped eucalyptus branches around windows of the house.
(c) Hung an olive branch on the doorpost of their house.
(d) An announcement was made in the public square.

4. Before Archimedes, what did people use to figure the area of a circle?
(a) Pentagons inside and outside the circle.
(b) Octagons inside and outside the circle.
(c) Squares inside and outside the circle.
(d) Triangles inside and outside the circle.

5. What did the King order after Archimedes moved his ship?
(a) Archimedes receive a reward.
(b) A medal be designed for Archimedes.
(c) Archimedes always be believed.
(d) A statue be built of Archimedes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Archimedes' father's occupation?

2. Which of these is not a plane figure that Archimedes discovered a method for finding the center of gravity?

3. How many miles long would Archimedes' lever have had to be if he had tried to move the earth?

4. Who believed that the earth was a flat rectangle with their country in the middle?

5. Whom did Archimedes enjoy arguing with regarding whether pure reason was better than practical knowledge?

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