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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Euclid and the Infinitude of Primes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hippocrates come from?
(a) Rome.
(b) Athens.
(c) Chios.
(d) Constinople.

2. What did Hippocrates do that advanced mathematical methods?
(a) He built theorems based on sequencially more complex proofs.
(b) He proved that mathematics can be applied in a unlogical order.
(c) He demonstrated that geometry does not have to be based on previous knowledge.
(d) He created a new ways to disprove theories.

3. What was true about Hippocrates's proof?
(a) The proof was easy if their was advanced technology available.
(b) It was useful for circles.
(c) The proof was exceedingly difficult and not understood at the time.
(d) It was fairly easy and simple.

4. What was most useful about finding the square of a shape, before Hippocrates?
(a) It was useful in finding the area of circles.
(b) It was useful in finding the area of oddly shaped pieces of land.
(c) It was useful in creating simple elevation maps,
(d) It was useful in determining the distance between two points.

5. What was Hippocrates famous for?
(a) His proof on right triangles.
(b) His theorem on the quadrature of the lune.
(c) His proof defining gravity.
(d) His ability to construct circles without a compass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is one of the common notions presented in Elements?

2. Which of the following becomes an important definition in mathematics that was first presented in Elements?

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

4. Who was the author of the book Elements?

5. That properties of specific shapes were early Egyptians aware of?

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