Revealing the Lost Codex of Archimedes (Listening)

1) The lecturer primarily speaks about

A) the content of Johannes Myronas's prayer book.
B) the decoding of a book written by Archimedes.
C) the process of reconstructing ancient manuscripts.
D) the destruction of three important books about Archimedes.


2) Why was the damaged book bought by a private collector?

A) He hoped to sell it in the future for more money.
B) He was a researcher who studied ancient Greek texts.
C) He wished to provide free access to the text.
D) He believed he could use it to promote the Greek language.


3) What problems did the book preservationists encounter? (Choose two options)

A) Some of the glue on the book was challenging to remove.
B) They were unable to use imaging technology to view the pages.
C) The researchers had to put fragments of pages back together.
D) Wax on the pages was damaging the text.


4) The lecturer mentions a particle accelerator in the lecture because

A) Archimedes developed some theories in physics that they wanted to test.
B) they needed the technology at the facility to see through the gold leaf.
C) the book had pages that could not be viewed using x-rays.
D) the accelerator showed too powerful and damaged to book further.


5) What is probably true of other books similarly old books?

A) They are often kept in libraries around the world rather than in private collections.
B) They are typically not as well preserved as the one discussed.
C) They don't commonly have religious significance.
D) They are usually not constructed from the pages multiple ancient Greek texts.


6) What is the professor's opinion data preservation?

A) He believes copyright protection is extremely important to the future.
B) He thinks that as much information as possible should be made freely available.
C) He distrusts large libraries with strict rules about their data.
D) He feel that to preserve data, you need to keep it carefully locked away.