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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. If two weights weigh the same, where will they balance?
(a) At equal distances.
(b) In the center.
(c) At eight inches apart.
(d) At two inches apart.

2. Where was Carthage located?
(a) Off the coast of Spain.
(b) On the coast of Africa.
(c) Near Egypt.
(d) Near Turkey.

3. Where was Archimedes taken when he had spent days staring at the King's crown and little else?
(a) To a place to eat.
(b) To his parents' home.
(c) The baths.
(d) To see the king.

4. What metal did the King suspect had been substituted in the crown?
(a) Tin.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Silver.
(d) Copper.

5. Where is the center of balance on a spoon?
(a) Near the end of the spoon's handle.
(b) Near the bowl of the spoon.
(c) At the bowl of the spoon.
(d) In the center.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Archimedes sketch his diagrams when he was in his workroom?

2. If you took a sphere and made a cylinder whose base was the greatest circle of the sphere and whose height was the diameter of the sphere, how much larger would the surface of the cylinder be than the surface of the sphere?

3. When did people first glimpse the idea of gravity and its effects?

4. What was the name of Archimedes' father?

5. What was the name of the bugaboo that Archimedes' nurse would read about that frightened him when he was bad?

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