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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Sampler of Euler's Number Theory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who acted as the gate keepers of knowledge?
(a) Greek philosophers.
(b) Roman emporers.
(c) Arabian scholars.
(d) Greek tradesman.

2. Which of the following becomes an important definition in mathematics that was first presented in Elements?
(a) Intersection.
(b) Circle.
(c) 180 degree angle.
(d) Parallel line.

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

4. Who wrote a treatise that supposed that cubic equations may be impossible to solve?
(a) Gerolamo Cardano.
(b) Scipione del Ferro.
(c) Luca Pacioli.
(d) Niccolo Fontana.

5. What did Gauss construct?
(a) A proof that demonstrates Newtonian physics.
(b) A proof that demonstrated the circumference of Earth.
(c) A system where the angles of a triangle add up to more than 180 degrees.
(d) A system where the angles of a triangle add up to fewer than 180 degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Archimedes born?

2. Who was Euler's teacher?

3. What is one proof that Euler was able to prove?

4. What did Euler's sum surprisingly connect?

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

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