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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 much money would a laborer earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 12 cents.
(b) 3 to 5 cents.
(c) 2 cents.
(d) 6 to 10 cents.

2. What type of mathematics must engineers use to build bridges?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Applied Mathematics.
(d) Arithmetic.

3. Which astronomer said that the sun was nine times greater than the moon?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Eudoxus.
(c) Phidias.
(d) Anaxagorus.

4. How much larger did Archimedes believe that the universe (all the stars) was than the Greek universe?
(a) 50,000 times.
(b) 100,000 times.
(c) 75,000 times.
(d) 10,000 times.

5. What is the science that deals with the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?
(a) Climatology.
(b) Hydrology.
(c) Oceanography.
(d) Hydrostatics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a good project to learn about centers of gravity?

2. What was the mathematical subject that Archimedes did not write about?

3. With Archimedes' polygons, how much less was the circumference than the diameter?

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

5. What is the work that is to be done with a lever called?

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