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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much would a skilled craftsman earn in Archimedes' day?

2. When was Archimedes born?

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

4. To what did a series of ropes and wheels run from King Hiero's ship?

5. Who was the French scientist who later added to the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Archimedes an unusual man?

3. Who was Euclid?

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

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

6. Where would a boy from Syracuse have spent many hours?

7. What tools did the Greek astronomers have?

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

9. How did Archimedes write?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Syracuse was under siege by Marcellus for three years until 212 B.C., when they finally conquered the city. Discuss why and how the Romans conquered Syracuse.

Essay Topic 2

Archimedes thought about and experimented with equilibrium and centers of gravity. Discuss centers of gravity and what Archimedes learned about the subject.

Essay Topic 3

There are three different classes of levers. Discuss how a lever works and how the relationship of the different parts of a lever create the different lever classes.

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