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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 was the same about the series proposed by Leibniz and the series proposed by Bernoulli?
(a) Both series were composed of successively larger terms.
(b) Both series were composed of successively smaller terms.
(c) Both series were divergent.
(d) Both series were convergent.

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

3. How many definitions were stated in Elements?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Thirty.

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

5. What did Dunham consider as Archimedes's "masterpiece"?
(a) Archimedes' work on shperes, cones, and cylinders.
(b) Archimedes' work on determining a number value for pi.
(c) Archimedes' work on volume to surface area ratios.
(d) Archimedes' work on determining angular measurements.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encourages Newton during his studies at Cambridge?

2. How did Archimedes demonstrate his theory of pi?

3. What did Plato use his inspiration from Euclid for?

4. Which of the following is true in modern math about twin primes?

5. Who else, besides Newton, independently discovered a calculus method?

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