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

2. For how many years did Archimedes' war machines defend the city of Syracuse?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

3. With Archimedes' polygons, how much more was the circumference than the diameter?
(a) 6 15/94 times.
(b) 2 5/84 times.
(c) 3 10/71 times.
(d) 1 11/63 times.

4. What science did Archimedes begin that deals with the pressure of liquids?
(a) Biophysics.
(b) Hydrostatics.
(c) Dynamics.
(d) Oceanography.

5. What is heavier than wood?
(a) Copper.
(b) Iron.
(c) Silver.
(d) Bronze.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much larger is the sun than the moon?

2. What word means balance?

3. What did Archimedes call the largest number that he worked with?

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

5. If you took a sphere and made a cylinder whose base was the greatest circle of the sphere and whose height was the diameter of the sphere, how much space or volume would the cylinder take up compared to the sphere?

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