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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. From where would ships bring fish to Sicily?
(a) Bering Sea.
(b) Black Sea.
(c) Red Sea.
(d) Arabian Sea.

2. Who estimated the circumference of the earth to within one hundred miles?
(a) Aristarchus.
(b) Anaxagorus.
(c) Eratosthenes.
(d) Archimedes.

3. How long did the Romans preserve some of Archimedes' astronomical machines?
(a) 75 years.
(b) 150 years.
(c) About 100 years.
(d) More than 200 years.

4. How old was Archimedes when he received his name?
(a) 24 hours old.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) Just hours old.

5. What is the point on which the lever turns or moves?
(a) Fulcrum.
(b) Center point.
(c) Force.
(d) Resistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Archimedes sketch his diagrams when he was in his workroom?

2. Which astronomers believed that the earth was inside a hollow iron sphere?

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

4. Which branch of mathematics deals with motion and change?

5. What did Archimedes use to weigh the crown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a machine, and how does it work?

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

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

4. What would happen when Archimedes was engrossed in a problem?

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

6. Why was Archimedes an unusual man?

7. Who was Eratosthenes?

8. How did the Egyptians and Babylonians use astronomy?

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

10. How did a typical day start for Archimedes?

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