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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 science that deals with the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?
(a) Climatology.
(b) Oceanography.
(c) Hydrostatics.
(d) Hydrology.

2. Where did Carthage have colonies?
(a) Spain.
(b) Egypt.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

3. What is the work done on a lever called?
(a) Energy.
(b) Fulcrum.
(c) Resistance.
(d) Force.

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

5. When did Marcellus notice a poorly guarded wall and tower in Syracuse?
(a) 225 B.C.
(b) 209 B.C.
(c) 212 B.C.
(d) 215 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Archimedes spent days staring at the King's crown, who came to take him somewhere?

2. What instrument did Archimedes create that told him the density of liquids?

3. How many of Hippocrates' men did Marcellus kill?

4. What dimensions does a plane figure have?

5. What is the solid of a triangle?

(see the answer key)

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