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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. How long was Ptolemy's Museum the center of Greek learning?
(a) 750 years.
(b) 300 years.
(c) 500 years.
(d) 1,000 years.

2. How much would an educated man, like an architect, earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 50 cents a day.
(b) 30 cents a day.
(c) 60 cents a day.
(d) 45 cents a day.

3. How long would it have taken Archimedes to sail from Syracuse to Alexandria?
(a) 30 days.
(b) 10 to 12 days.
(c) 16 to 17 days.
(d) 20 days.

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

5. What type of lever has the force at one end, the resistance at the other end, and the fulcrum in between?
(a) Third-class lever.
(b) Fourth-class lever.
(c) Second-class lever.
(d) First-class lever.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Archimedes's family announce his birth?

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

3. How many years after Archimedes lived was the printing press invented?

4. When was Archimedes born?

5. What is the point on which the lever turns or moves?

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