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

2. What was the title of Cardano's book which contained the solution to the cubic?
(a) Tarsisia.
(b) Elements.
(c) La Magnifica.
(d) Ars Magna.

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

4. What else, besides a solution to cubic equations, was in Cardano's book?
(a) An alegrabic solution to quintic equations,
(b) A solution to quartic equations.
(c) A suggested method to depress all complex geometry.
(d) A proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.

5. In what century did Archimedes live?
(a) Twelthf century A.D.
(b) First century A.D,
(c) Third century B.C.
(d) Nineteeth century A.D.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is an example of a perfect number?

3. Which of the following was NOT one of the basic definitions in Elements?

4. How did Archimedes demonstrate his theory of pi?

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

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