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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. What metal did the King suspect had been substituted in the crown?

2. How much money would a laborer earn in Archimedes' day?

3. When did the Museum open in Alexandria?

4. Who believed that the earth was a flat rectangle with their country in the middle?

5. What is the point on which the lever turns or moves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Archimedes write?

5. Describe a Greek school like Archimedes attended.

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

7. How did a typical day start for Archimedes?

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

9. What are some examples of how force creates work?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

The title of the book, "Archimedes and the Door of Science," is an analogy that relates Archimedes' contributions in the fields of science and mathematics and the value of those contributions to scientists and mathematicians who followed him. Discuss how Archimedes opened a door to science.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why Archimedes created the Archimedean screw.

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