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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Gem from Isaac Newton.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was known about pi, during Archimedes' time?
(a) Nothing, the concept of pi was unknown.
(b) That it was never the same number value for a given circle.
(c) That it could not be assigned a relationship between measurements in a circle.
(d) That is was the relationship between the diameter and circumference of a circle.

3. Which name does NOT belong?
(a) Blaise Pascal.
(b) Francois Viete
(c) John Napier.
(d) Renee Descartes.

4. Which shapes as described by Euclid, inspired the Greek philosopher Plato?
(a) Manifolds.
(b) Regular polyhedrons.
(c) Triangles.
(d) Spheres and cones.

5. What allowed Cardano to justify publishing his book?
(a) He found del Ferro's orgininal solution to the cubic.
(b) He found Fior's documents which spoke against Tartaglia.
(c) He was dead, and the book was really published by his student.
(d) He was punished as a heretic,

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Newton's calculus involve?

2. What did Dunham claim about Archimedes's determination of a number value for pi?

3. Which of the following is INCORRECT, and not used in Archimedes proof of his theory?

4. In what time period did mathematicians find a solution to cubic equations?

5. Where was Neil's Abel from?

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