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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bernoullis and the Harmonic Series.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name for determining the area of an enclosed space by constructing a square of equivalent area?
(a) Square root.
(b) Triangulation.
(c) Quadrature.
(d) Cubation.

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

3. What is true about the successive squared denominator series proposed by the Bernoullis?
(a) The sum diverges.
(b) The sum diverges into infinity.
(c) The sum converges to 2.
(d) The sum converges.

4. Which of the following were an example of twin primes?
(a) 15 and 16.
(b) 2 and 6.
(c) 19 and 22.
(d) 11 and 13.

5. Heron devised which of the following methods?
(a) A way to determine the area of a triangle.
(b) A way to apply mathematics to public health.
(c) A way to determine the volume in a sphere.
(d) A way to solve binomial equations.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the work of these early thinkers rediscovered again in history?

2. How did Lindeman prove his conclusion?

3. "Straight lines in the same plane that will never meet if extended forever" is a definition of what?

4. Which of the following is false about the modern implications of Euclid's number theory?

5. Which word best describes Newton's childhood?

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