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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. How many miles long would Archimedes' lever have had to be if he had tried to move the earth?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 66 billion.
(c) 95 trillion.
(d) 88 sextillion.

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

3. Which branch of mathematics deals with motion and change?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Applied Mathematics.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the mathematical subject that Archimedes did not write about?

3. What field of mathematics is necessary to create rockets and space travel?

4. Who estimated the circumference of the earth to within one hundred miles?

5. Whom did Archimedes enjoy arguing with regarding whether pure reason was better than practical knowledge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What heavy object did King Hiero challenge Archimedes to move?

5. Why did Aristotle believe that the earth was curved and shaped like a sphere?

6. What important discoveries did Archimedes make about solids?

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

8. How did a typical day start for Archimedes?

9. How did Archimedes write?

10. What is a hydrometer and how does it work?

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