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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. Who was Archimedes' teacher of mathematics at the Museum?
(a) Callimachus.
(b) Conon of Samos.
(c) Apollonius of Rhodes.
(d) Zenodotus.

2. What is pi?
(a) Approximately 5.1347.
(b) Approximately 3.14159.
(c) Approximately 4.6723.
(d) Approximately 2.1633.

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

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

5. What principle did Archimedes discover that is one of the basic scientific tests of all the elements?
(a) Electromagnetism.
(b) Conservation of Energy.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Specific gravity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days were in the Greek year?

2. From which factories would ships bring manufactured goods?

3. What laws did Archimedes discover that led to machines that could move heavy loads or increase speeds, or change directions?

4. When was Archimedes born?

5. Who succeeded Hiero when he died?

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