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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Heron's Formula for Triangular Area.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is false about the modern implications of Euclid's number theory?
(a) Euclid's recipe for constructing even perfect numbers is incorrect.
(b) Euclid gave a good idea for how to construct even perfect numbers.
(c) Great mathematicians continue to puzzle over some aspects of Euclid's number theory.
(d) Whether there are no odd perfect numbers is still not known.

2. Which of the following is an example of a perfect number?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

3. After Hippocrates, what shape did the Greeks attempt to square without success?
(a) Hemisphere.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) Parallelogram.
(d) Circle.

4. What does the Pythagorean Theorem state?
(a) For any triangle the sqaured sum of the legs is equal to half the hypotenuse.
(b) For any right triangle the diagonal side is equal to the sum of the legs.
(c) For any triangle the sum of the legs squared is equal to the length of the hypotenuse.
(d) For any right triangle the square of the diagonal side is equal to the sum of the squares of the two legs.

5. When was the work of these early thinkers rediscovered again in history?
(a) In the Renaissance.
(b) In the 20th century.
(c) In the 18th century.
(d) In the Elizabethian age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dunham discuss for many pages in this chapter?

2. What was Hippocrates famous for?

3. What did the Pythagorean Theorem accomplish for mathematics?

4. What did Apollonius work with in mathematics?

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

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