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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Extraordinary Sums of Leonhard Euler.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following was true about Cardano, according to Dunham?
(a) He was jailed for heresy.
(b) He was not a mathematician.
(c) He had three wives.
(d) He was a priest.

4. What is a "depressed cubic"?
(a) A method to simpify the x squared value in a cubic equation.
(b) A method to solve equations with two variables.
(c) A method to logically square all the factors in a cubic equation.
(d) A method to simplify measuring complex geometric forms.

5. Where did Euler study at the age of 20?
(a) Oxford.
(b) The Academy in St. Petersburg.
(c) Cambrigde.
(d) University of Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the main technique(s) that Euler used to find the sum of the series?

2. What allowed Cardano to justify publishing his book?

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

4. Who was Neil's Abel?

5. What is true about prime numbers?

(see the answer key)

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