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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. Which of the following is a series that the Bernoullis proposed did not converge on a finite sum?
(a) 1 + 1/2 + 3/4 + 4/5 . . .
(b) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5. . .
(c) 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5 . . . 1/1000 . . .
(d) 1 + 1/2 + 1/6 + 1/10 + 1/15 . . .

2. Who was del Ferro's student?
(a) Luca Pacioli.
(b) Niccolo Fontana.
(c) Antonio Fior.
(d) Gerolamo Cardano.

3. Which of the following was one of Euclid's great theorems?
(a) Prime numbers are more comples than discrete numbers.
(b) There exists an infinite number of prime numbers.
(c) There exists only infinite and whole numbers.
(d) There exists an finite number of prime numbers.

4. Who's method did Tartaglia's challenger use in the contest to solve cubic equations?
(a) del Ferro's method.
(b) Pacioli's method.
(c) Cardano's method.
(d) Fontana's method.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following becomes an important definition in mathematics that was first presented in Elements?

2. Which of the following was NOT defined by Euclid?

3. Which mathematician was first to take the challenge to solve cubic equations?

4. What does the Pythagorean Theorem state?

5. Which word best describes Newton's childhood?

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