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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 of Hippocrates' men did Marcellus kill?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 7,500.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 5,500.

2. How do people know that some of Archimedes' writings have been lost?
(a) He refers to them or other mathematicians refer to them in other writings.
(b) Oral tradition.
(c) A list of his writings was engraved on his tomb.
(d) A list of them survives.

3. What would be the area of a circle that had a radius of 2 inches?
(a) 16.8834.
(b) 12.56636.
(c) 9.4762.
(d) 14.3398.

4. How did Marcellus' soldiers enter Syracuse?
(a) Over the wall.
(b) Through an unguarded gate.
(c) Through a hole in a wall.
(d) Under the wall.

5. Which area of scientific discovery was not part of Archimedes work?
(a) Theory of Relativity.
(b) Buoyancy.
(c) Mechanics.
(d) Principle of Specific Gravity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who succeeded Hiero when he died?

2. When Archimedes worked with a sphere and cylinder, he figured the ratio or relationship of the cylinder to the sphere was ___________.

3. Where was Carthage located?

4. What time of day did Marcellus order his soldiers to make a noise when they entered Syracuse?

5. When did people first glimpse the idea of gravity and its effects?

Short Essay Questions

1. What practical joke did Archimedes play on his friends in Alexandria?

2. Where is the earth's center of gravity?

3. Describe Marcellus' fleet that he sent to attack Syracuse.

4. What happens when a pebble is dropped into a pond?

5. What is a chain reaction in a nuclear explosion?

6. Why did Marcellus watch the battle for Syracuse with tears in his eyes?

7. How did Archimedes figure the area of a circle?

8. What did Archimedes set out to prove in "The Sand Reckoner"?

9. Why is it possible for a person to balance standing on one foot?

10. What interests mathematicians regarding Archimedes and square roots?

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