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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, No End to Archimedes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much would a skilled craftsman earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 20 cents a day.
(b) 15 cents a day.
(c) 10 cents a day.
(d) 25 cents a day.

2. Which area of scientific discovery was not part of Archimedes work?
(a) Mechanics.
(b) Theory of Relativity.
(c) Principle of Specific Gravity.
(d) Buoyancy.

3. After Archimedes used a common Greek measure to estimate the number of grains of sand in the universe, what measure did he use?
(a) Royal Cubit.
(b) Stadium.
(c) Cubit.
(d) Fingerbreadths.

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

5. How old was Archimedes when he received his name?
(a) 24 hours old.
(b) 5 days.
(c) Just hours old.
(d) 10 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many planets did Greek astronomers observe?

2. How many times in his life did Archimedes leave Sicily and travel?

3. When was Archimedes born?

4. For how many planets was Archimedes able to estimate the distance from earth?

5. What is a name of a paper that Archimedes wrote about arithmetic?

(see the answer key)

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