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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. From which factories would ships bring manufactured goods?
(a) Athens.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Crete.
(d) Sparta.

2. How long were the rolls that were used for Greek books?
(a) 120 feet long.
(b) 215 feet long.
(c) 150 feet long.
(d) 75 feet long.

3. When Buffon, a French scientist, made a mirror following the description of Archimedes' mirrors, how far away could he set fire to wood?
(a) 100 feet.
(b) 50 feet.
(c) 75 feet.
(d) 150 feet.

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

5. What Greek poet would Archimedes have studied?
(a) Homer.
(b) Antimachus.
(c) Hesiod.
(d) Aeschylus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Museum open in Alexandria?

2. Which branch of mathematics had the groundwork for its development laid by Archimedes?

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

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

5. On what type of landform was the city located where Archimedes was born?

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