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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. What is the ratio of the area of a circle to the circle's diameter squared?
(a) 3 to 8.
(b) 5 to 9.
(c) 10 to 12.
(d) 11 to 14.

2. What does "eureka" mean?
(a) I have found it.
(b) Look.
(c) Stop.
(d) Watch out.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound did the author mention that could be made in a cave?

2. What is the study of shapes in space?

3. What science did Archimedes begin that deals with the actions of forces on things?

4. Which type of mathematics do architects needs to plan buildings?

5. With Archimedes' polygons, how much more was the circumference than the diameter?

(see the answer key)

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