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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is heavier than iron?
(a) Copper.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

3. Which branch of mathematics deals with distances to directions?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Trigonometry.

4. Which astronomer said that the sun was nine times greater than the moon?
(a) Eudoxus.
(b) Anaxagorus.
(c) Phidias.
(d) Archimedes.

5. What instrument did Archimedes create that told him the density of liquids?
(a) Thermometer.
(b) Barometer.
(c) Refractometer.
(d) Hydrometer.

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

7. When did the Museum open in Alexandria?
(a) 400 B.C.
(b) 300 B.C.
(c) 200 B.C.
(d) 350 B.C.

8. What was Archimedes' father's occupation?
(a) Mathematician.
(b) Astronomer.
(c) Historian.
(d) Physician.

9. What sea is near Sicily?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Arabian.
(d) Mediterranean.

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

11. What did Archimedes claim he could move if he had a place to stand?
(a) The moon.
(b) A ship.
(c) A building.
(d) The earth.

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

13. How old would Archimedes have been when he moved out of the women's quarters?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

14. To what did a series of ropes and wheels run from King Hiero's ship?
(a) A helix.
(b) An ellipse.
(c) A parabola.
(d) A hyperbola.

15. How long would it have taken Archimedes to sail from Syracuse to Alexandria?
(a) 20 days.
(b) 30 days.
(c) 16 to 17 days.
(d) 10 to 12 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is heavier than wood?

2. What type of mathematics must engineers use to build bridges?

3. Who was Archimedes' teacher of mathematics at the Museum?

4. Who was Alexander the Great's tutor?

5. Who was Archimedes' predecessor in the field of mathematics?

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