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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. After Archimedes used a common Greek measure to estimate the number of grains of sand in the universe, what measure did he use?

2. What is the solid of a square?

3. Which of these is not a plane figure that Archimedes discovered a method for finding the center of gravity?

4. What scientist do most people believe was the first to understand the laws of gravitation?

5. What would be the area of a circle that had a radius of 2 inches?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Marcellus do while he held Syracuse in siege?

2. Why did Archimedes not want to help King Hiero make plans to defend Syracuse from a possible attack?

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

4. How do mathematicians figure the area of a circle?

5. Why isn't the center of gravity always at the center of an object?

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

7. What calculations did Archimedes use to show how numbers were infinite?

8. How do people know that some of Archimedes' writing have been lost?

9. What is the center of gravity?

10. What happened when a soldier came to bring Archimedes to Marcellus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Archimedes made many contributions to astronomy. Discuss Archimedes' contributions to astronomy.

Essay Topic 2

King Hiero was concerned that sooner or later Syracuse was going to be caught in the war between Rome and Carthage. Discuss why King Hiero was concerned about war and what he did about his concerns.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the principles that Archimedes learned about liquids which led to the beginning of hydrostatics.

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