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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Sampler of Euler's Number Theory.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What else, besides a solution to cubic equations, was in Cardano's book?
(a) A solution to quartic equations.
(b) An alegrabic solution to quintic equations,
(c) A suggested method to depress all complex geometry.
(d) A proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.

3. Which of the following best describes Archimedes as discussed by Dunham?
(a) Loud and arrogant.
(b) Absent-minded genius.
(c) Creative but stubborn.
(d) Mild-mannered researcher.

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

5. In what area was Gauss especially interested?
(a) The elements of number theory.
(b) The proof of the infinite series.
(c) The circumference of Earth.
(d) The elements of geometry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in modern day, is given credit for the calculus method?

2. Which of the following is an example of a postulate that must be accepted in Elements?

3. What was true about Heron's theorem as described by Dunham?

4. What shape was NOT demonstrated in the Elements as having a relationship to other shapes?

5. Who wrote a treatise that supposed that cubic equations may be impossible to solve?

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