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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. How many sides did the pentadecagon have, as presented by Euclid?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

2. What series was Euler most famous for?
(a) 1 + 1/2 + 1/6 + 1/10 + 1/15 . . .
(b) 1 + 1/2 + 3/4 + 4/5 . . .
(c) 1 + 1/4 + 1/9 + 1/16 . . . + 1/k² . . .
(d) 1 + 1/2³ + 1/3³ + 1/4³ . . . 1/k³ . . .

3. Where was Neil's Abel from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Norway.
(c) Finland.
(d) Great Britian,

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What allowed Cardano to justify publishing his book?

2. Which of the following was an important proposition given by Euclid's number theory?

3. What did Plato use his inspiration from Euclid for?

4. What name did Euclid give for numbers that could be divided by numbers other than themselves and one?

5. What didn't Euler attempt?

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