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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cardano and the Solution of the Cubic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Archimedes demonstrate his theory of pi?
(a) He demonstrated that the area of the circle is neither greater than nor less than the area of the triangle and therefore must be equal to it.
(b) He demonstrated that the area of the circle is always greater than the area of the triangle.
(c) He demonstrated that the area of the circle is never equal to the area of the triangle.
(d) He demonstrated that the area of the circle is never less than the area of the triangle.

2. Which of the following was true about Cardano, according to Dunham?
(a) He was not a mathematician.
(b) He was a priest.
(c) He had three wives.
(d) He was jailed for heresy.

3. In what century did Archimedes live?
(a) First century A.D,
(b) Twelthf century A.D.
(c) Nineteeth century A.D.
(d) Third century B.C.

4. Who asked Tartaglia for his solution to cubic equations?
(a) Pacioli.
(b) Fontana.
(c) Fior,
(d) Cardano.

5. That properties of specific shapes were early Egyptians aware of?
(a) Parallelograms.
(b) Pi and the diameter of a circle.
(c) Right triangles.
(d) Irregular solids.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lindeman prove his conclusion?

2. What did Apollonius work with in mathematics?

3. What was the bases of Hippocrates's proof ?

4. Who acted as the gate keepers of knowledge?

5. Which of the following is true about pi, as described by Dunham.

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