1.   Which of the following is not one of the five essential parts needed to construct a good proof?
    A. List the given information.
    B. Develop a system of inductive reasoning.
    C. State the theorem to be proved.
    D. If possible, draw a diagram to illustrate the given information.
    Hint

  2.   Which of the following is not one of the five essential parts needed to construct a good proof?
    A. List the given information.
    B. State the theorem to be proved.
    C. Assume what you are trying to prove is true.
    D. If possible, draw a diagram to illustrate the given information.
    Hint

  3.   Determine the number of line segments that can be drawn connecting pairs of points shown.
   
    A. 10 B. 4
    C. 6 D. 8
    Hint

  4.   A group of 7 people get together for a meeting. Before the meeting starts, they each shake hands with every person at the meeting. If a person only shakes hands with another person once, how many handshakes were there before the meeting began?
    A. 21 B. 7
    C. 15 D. 42
    Hint

  5.   If and lie in plane P. Which of the following postulates can be used to show that lies in plane P?
    A. If two planes intersect, then their intersection is a line.
    B. If two points lie in a plane, then the entire line containing those points lies in that plane.
    C. Through any two points, there is exactly one line.
    D. A plane contains at least three points not on the same line.
    Hint



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