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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Gem from Isaac Newton.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Exactly what limit is reached at a quartic equation?
(a) The limit of the decompressed cubic method.
(b) The limit of the Pythagorean Theorem.
(c) The limit of logical geometric proofs.
(d) The limit of algebra.

2. Who else, besides Newton, independently discovered a calculus method?
(a) John Napier.
(b) Gottfried Leibniz.
(c) Isaac Barrow.
(d) Pierre de Fermat.

3. Besides being a mathematician, what else other work was Archimedes famous for?
(a) Artist and musician.
(b) Inventor and scientist.
(c) Politician.
(d) Doctor and writer,

4. What did Gauss set out to prove?
(a) That Euclid's postulate on straight lines was incorrect.
(b) That a right angle is always equal to 90 degrees.
(c) That a circle can have less than 360 degrees.
(d) That the sum of the angles in a triangle is 180 degrees.

5. Numbers whose divisor add up to itself, was considered which type of number according to Euclid?
(a) Composite number.
(b) Perfect number.
(c) Nominal number.
(d) Even number.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true in modern math about twin primes?

2. Which words best describe how solid proofs were developed in Elements?

3. What did Newton's calculus involve?

4. Who was the author of the book Elements?

5. "Straight lines in the same plane that will never meet if extended forever" is a definition of what?

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