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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Archimedes invent that is still used to drain or irrigate fields, load grain, and run high-speed machines?
(a) Archimedean screw.
(b) Claw of Archimedes.
(c) Archimedean spiral.
(d) Block-and-tackle-pulley system.

2. How much money would a laborer earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 2 cents.
(b) 12 cents.
(c) 3 to 5 cents.
(d) 6 to 10 cents.

3. Who founded Alexandria?
(a) Antoniadas.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Ptolemy.
(d) Alexander the Great.

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

5. How many hours did the Greeks believe it took the earth to turn on its axis?
(a) 24.
(b) 22.
(c) 26.
(d) 20.

6. For how many years did Archimedes' war machines defend the city of Syracuse?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

7. Which planet did the Greeks name after the king of the gods?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Mars.
(d) Venus.

8. What was the name of Archimedes' father?
(a) Phidias.
(b) Callippus.
(c) Xenocrates.
(d) Leodamas.

9. Who was Archimedes' predecessor in the field of mathematics?
(a) Democritus.
(b) Pythagorus.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Euclid.

10. How many days were in the Greek year?
(a) 334.
(b) 360.
(c) 354.
(d) 345.

11. Who was Alexander the Great's tutor?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Epicurus.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

12. What branch of mathematics did Archimedes invent?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Trigonometry.

13. What type of mathematics must engineers use to build bridges?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Applied Mathematics.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Arithmetic.

14. What is heavier than wood?
(a) Silver.
(b) Iron.
(c) Copper.
(d) Bronze.

15. How many years later after Archimedes' work did another scientist add to the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?
(a) 1200 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 1800 years.
(d) 750 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many books were in the library at Alexandria?

2. What is the meaning of the Greek word "mathema" from which mathematics is derived?

3. What science did Archimedes begin that deals with the actions of forces on things?

4. How long would it have taken Archimedes to sail from Syracuse to Alexandria?

5. What sea is near Sicily?

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