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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Archimedes use to weigh the crown?
(a) An ampere balance.
(b) A set of scales.
(c) Water, jar, and a bowl.
(d) Tare weight.

2. What type of lever has the force at one end, the resistance at the other end, and the fulcrum in between?
(a) Fourth-class lever.
(b) First-class lever.
(c) Second-class lever.
(d) Third-class lever.

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

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

5. How many planets did Greek astronomers observe?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

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

7. How did Archimedes's family announce his birth?
(a) A slave went to friends and family
(b) Draped eucalyptus branches around windows of the house.
(c) An announcement was made in the public square.
(d) Hung an olive branch on the doorpost of their house.

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

9. Who dipped Archimedes in warm water and oil and then wrapped him from head to feet like an Indian papoose?
(a) His godmother.
(b) His father.
(c) A slave.
(d) His mother.

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

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

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

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

14. What science did Archimedes begin that deals with the actions of forces on things?
(a) Gravitonics.
(b) Physics.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Mechanics.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Euclid born?

3. How old was Archimedes when he received his name?

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

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

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