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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Extraordinary Sums of Leonhard Euler.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the title of Cardano's book which contained the solution to the cubic?
(a) Elements.
(b) Ars Magna.
(c) La Magnifica.
(d) Tarsisia.

2. Which of the following was an important proposition given by Euclid's number theory?
(a) Numbers from one to ten are only divisible by composite numbers.
(b) Any perfect number is divisible by some composite number.
(c) Any composite number is divisible by some prime number.
(d) Any even number is divisible by 3.

3. Who was del Ferro's student?
(a) Niccolo Fontana.
(b) Antonio Fior.
(c) Luca Pacioli.
(d) Gerolamo Cardano.

4. What is true about prime numbers?
(a) That for every group of prime numbers, there exists at least one more prime.
(b) Prime numbers can not exist in a finite series.
(c) Prime numbers are not divisible by other numbers.
(d) Prime numbers can never be an odd number.

5. Why did Cardano take an oath to secrecy?
(a) It was the only way to get Tartaglia's solution to cubic equations.
(b) It was the only way he could become a priest,
(c) It was to the only way to win the contest with Fior,
(d) It was the only way to get his book published.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hindered Euler's work as he grew older?

2. What was Euclid's definition of a prime number?

3. What series was Euler most famous for?

4. In general, what did Euclid's number theory describe?

5. Who was Euler's teacher?

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