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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 much would a skilled craftsman earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 25 cents a day.
(b) 20 cents a day.
(c) 15 cents a day.
(d) 10 cents a day.

2. When did the Museum open in Alexandria?
(a) 300 B.C.
(b) 200 B.C.
(c) 350 B.C.
(d) 400 B.C.

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

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

5. How old would Archimedes have been when he moved out of the women's quarters?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What great Greek teacher who lived more than one hundred years before Archimedes believed it was important to learn geometry?

2. Who founded Alexandria?

3. What did Archimedes invent that is still used to drain or irrigate fields, load grain, and run high-speed machines?

4. What hobgoblin would Archimedes' read about to scare him if he was bad?

5. What is not an example of a lever?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What few ideas did Archimedes have that someone had already discovered about the distance between two points?

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

5. Who was Euclid?

6. Why was Archimedes an unusual man?

7. Why was it important that Archimedes discovered how to find volume?

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

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

10. How was Archimedes' birth celebrated?

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