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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For how many planets was Archimedes able to estimate the distance from earth?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

4. What would Archimedes' nurse read to him if he was good?
(a) Stories about wars.
(b) Stories about giants.
(c) Aesop's Fables.
(d) Tales of the Gods.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long was Ptolemy's Museum the center of Greek learning?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Archimedes and King Hiero enjoy arguing about?

2. What is geometry?

3. What was known about the lands to the north, south, east, and west of Sicily?

4. What did the Egyptians believe about the earth and stars?

5. What did Archimedes notice at the baths, and how did he use that discovery to solve the problem of the crown?

6. What was the Museum, and who worked there?

7. What might have been the first thing that thing that Archimedes saw when he entered the Alexandria harbor?

8. Why would a slave be put in charge of Archimedes when he started school?

9. What was the most important thing that Archimedes gave to the world?

10. What sciences did Archimedes begin, and with what did each type of science deal?

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