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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. Who, in modern day, is given credit for the calculus method?
(a) Leibniz.
(b) Johann Bernoulli.
(c) Both Newton and Leibniz.
(d) Newton,

2. Who was Heron?
(a) A philosopher from Greece.
(b) A matematician from Alexanderia.
(c) A politician from Rome.
(d) A physician from the far East.

3. "Straight lines in the same plane that will never meet if extended forever" is a definition of what?
(a) Circle.
(b) Intersection.
(c) 180 degree angle.
(d) Parallel lines.

4. What did Newton's calculus involve?
(a) Proving the existance of pi.
(b) Determining the volume of a sphere.
(c) Determining the area under a curve.
(d) Proving the cubic equation.

5. What shape was NOT demonstrated in the Elements as having a relationship to other shapes?
(a) Hexagon.
(b) Hyperbola.
(c) Pentagon.
(d) Triangle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gauss set out to prove?

2. What was Hippocrates famous for?

3. What did Archimedes manage to prove using Euclid's ideas?

4. What instruments did the Greeks use to square a shape?

5. In what century did Archimedes live?

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