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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Archimedes enjoy arguing with regarding whether pure reason was better than practical knowledge?
(a) King Hiero.
(b) Conon.
(c) Apollonius.
(d) Erastosthenes.

2. What was King Hiero's crown supposed to be made from?
(a) Copper.
(b) Gold.
(c) Tin.
(d) Silver.

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

4. What is the study of shapes in space?
(a) Applied Mathematics.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Arithmetic.
(d) Geometry.

5. What is not an example of a lever?
(a) Crowbar.
(b) An axle.
(c) Screw driver.
(d) Hammer.

6. How long did the Romans preserve some of Archimedes' astronomical machines?
(a) 150 years.
(b) More than 200 years.
(c) 75 years.
(d) About 100 years.

7. On what type of landform was the city located where Archimedes was born?
(a) Island.
(b) Archipelago.
(c) Isthmus.
(d) Peninsula.

8. From where would ships bring grain to Sicily?
(a) Africa.
(b) Persia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) China.

9. What Greek poet would Archimedes have studied?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Homer.
(c) Antimachus.
(d) Aeschylus.

10. What did the Greeks called the smallest and fastest planet?
(a) Mars.
(b) Venus.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Saturn.

11. What did Archimedes write about mathematics?
(a) Textbooks.
(b) Proofs.
(c) Essays.
(d) Theoretical books.

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

13. What was the name of the bugaboo that Archimedes' nurse would read about that frightened him when he was bad?
(a) Simonides.
(b) Medea.
(c) Mormo.
(d) Titan.

14. How long were the rolls that were used for Greek books?
(a) 215 feet long.
(b) 75 feet long.
(c) 150 feet long.
(d) 120 feet long.

15. When was Archimedes born?
(a) 315 B.C.
(b) 287 B.C.
(c) 274 B.C.
(d) 294 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What constellations did Archimedes' teacher of mathematics discover?

2. For how many planets was Archimedes able to estimate the distance from earth?

3. Which branch of mathematics had the groundwork for its development laid by Archimedes?

4. During Archimedes' time, where did explorers say that savages called "gorillas" lived?

5. What did Archimedes invent that is still used to drain or irrigate fields, load grain, and run high-speed machines?

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