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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cantor and the Transfinite Realm.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In general, what did Euclid's number theory describe?
(a) The nature of measuring geometry.
(b) The relationship of decimals to integers.
(c) The nature of whole numbers.
(d) The relationship of fractions to decimals.

3. Who encourages Newton during his studies at Cambridge?
(a) Henry Briggs.
(b) Isaac Barrow.
(c) John Napier.
(d) Henry Stokes.

4. Where was George Cantor born?
(a) Russia.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Britian.

5. What name did Euclid give for numbers that could be divided by numbers other than themselves and one?
(a) Perfect numbers.
(b) Discrete numbers.
(c) Even numbers.
(d) Composite numbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cantor's cardinal numbers represent?

2. What did George Cantor determine to be true of a set of rational numbers?

3. Which word best describes Newton's childhood?

4. What did Euclid do in his 48th proposition?

5. What did the Pythagorean Theorem accomplish for mathematics?

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