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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The War Machines of Archimedes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many planets did Greek astronomers observe?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

2. What is the solid of a circle?
(a) Sphere.
(b) Box.
(c) Cube.
(d) Cone.

3. What did Archimedes call the largest number that he worked with?
(a) D100,000.
(b) P100,000,000.
(c) C100,000,000.
(d) B100,000.

4. In what book did Archimedes give mathematicians a logical way to start any problem and an orderly way of setting things down?
(a) Ostomachion.
(b) The Sand Reckoner.
(c) Method.
(d) On Floating Bodies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who estimated the circumference of the earth to within one hundred miles?

2. For which type of science were Archimedes' demonstrations of centers of gravity the foundation?

3. Which branch of mathematics deals with distances to directions?

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

5. Where is the center of balance on a spoon?

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