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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What great Greek teacher who lived more than one hundred years before Archimedes believed it was important to learn geometry?
(a) Plato.
(b) Sappho.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Aristotle.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where would Archimedes sketch his diagrams when he was in his workroom?
(a) On pieces of cloth.
(b) On papyrus.
(c) In sand on the floor.
(d) On a clay tablet.

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

10. Which astronomers believed that the earth was inside a hollow iron sphere?
(a) Indian.
(b) Persian.
(c) Babylonia.
(d) Egyptian.

11. What was the mathematical subject that Archimedes did not write about?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Arithmetic.

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

13. Which type of mathematics do architects needs to plan buildings?
(a) Applied Mathematics.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Calculus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What science did Archimedes begin that deals with the pressure of liquids?

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

3. How long were the rolls that were used for Greek books?

4. What is heavier than wood?

5. What was King Hiero's crown supposed to be made from?

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