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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. Which of the following becomes an important definition in mathematics that was first presented in Elements?
(a) Intersection.
(b) Parallel line.
(c) 180 degree angle.
(d) Circle.

2. Who challenged Tartaglia to a contest to solve cubic equations?
(a) del Ferro.
(b) Pacioli.
(c) Cardano.
(d) Fior.

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

4. Which of the following could NOT be included as a step in Euclid's great theorem?
(a) Take a finite group of primes and add them together, plus one.
(b) After summation, the new number can be prime or composite.
(c) If a new number is found to be composite, then it must have some prime as a divisor.
(d) Divide a infinite group of primes by the sum of their composites.

5. Where was Archimedes born?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Olympia.
(c) Athens.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which shapes as described by Euclid, inspired the Greek philosopher Plato?

3. What did Gauss set out to prove?

4. In Elements, how many postulates must be accepted as given?

5. In what century did Archimedes live?

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