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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. What dimensions does a plane figure have?
(a) Length and width.
(b) Depth and height.
(c) Length and height.
(d) Length, width and thickness.

2. From where would ships bring fish to Sicily?
(a) Bering Sea.
(b) Red Sea.
(c) Arabian Sea.
(d) Black Sea.

3. What was the name of the bugaboo that Archimedes' nurse would read about that frightened him when he was bad?
(a) Mormo.
(b) Medea.
(c) Simonides.
(d) Titan.

4. How long was a stadium?
(a) 12 feet.
(b) 35 feet.
(c) 600 feet.
(d) 500 feet.

5. What historian wrote an account of the battle between Rome and Syracuse?
(a) Livy.
(b) Herodotus.
(c) Sallust.
(d) Plutarch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many banks of oars did the galleys have that a Roman general used to attack Syracuse?

2. What science did Archimedes begin that deals with the pressure of liquids?

3. For how many years did Archimedes' war machines defend the city of Syracuse?

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

5. What branch of mathematics did Archimedes invent?

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