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

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

3. What was Euclid's definition of a prime number?
(a) Numbers which contain an infinite number of composite numbers.
(b) Numbers which do not, and can not, contain a perfect number.
(c) Numbers which are divisible by 2.
(d) Numbers which can only be divided by themselves and 1.

4. What did Plato use his inspiration from Euclid for?
(a) To classify geometric shapes by their complexity.
(b) To construct his theory on the shape of the Universe.
(c) To prove Euclid's number theory was incorrect.
(d) To create a new theorem of algebra.

5. What did Dunham consider extraordinary about the Elements?
(a) The content was not based on previous authors' work.
(b) How geometric proofs were presented.
(c) The content was totally unique.
(d) How Hippocrates ordered the book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following were an example of twin primes?

2. To how many decimal places did Newton determine the number for pi?

3. What did Dunham claim about Archimedes's determination of a number value for pi?

4. How did Archimedes arrive at a number value for pi?

5. Which of the following can not be solved using algebra?

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