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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 metal did the King suspect had been substituted in the crown?
(a) Copper.
(b) Tin.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Silver.

2. Which of these is not a plane figure that Archimedes discovered a method for finding the center of gravity?
(a) Triangle.
(b) Parabola.
(c) Cone.
(d) Parallelogram.

3. Who were the first people to have ideas about gravity?
(a) Greek scientists.
(b) Egyptian scientists.
(c) Babylonian scientists.
(d) Persian scientists.

4. What is a name of a paper that Archimedes wrote about arithmetic?
(a) The Palimpsest.
(b) Stomachion.
(c) The Method.
(d) The Sand Reckoner.

5. Who was Archimedes' predecessor in the field of mathematics?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Democritus.
(c) Pythagorus.
(d) Euclid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years later after Archimedes' work did another scientist add to the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?

2. How long would it have taken Archimedes to sail from Syracuse to Alexandria?

3. How many books were in the library at Alexandria?

4. What great Greek teacher who lived more than one hundred years before Archimedes believed it was important to learn geometry?

5. What hobgoblin would Archimedes' read about to scare him if he was bad?

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