quiz.json

{
  "questions": [
    {
      "stage": "pre",
      "question": "What is the imaginary unit i defined by?",
      "options": [
        "i = sqrt(2)",
        "i^2 = -1",
        "i = -1",
        "i^2 = 1"
      ],
      "correct": 1,
      "explanation": "The imaginary unit i is defined by the property i^2 = -1. It extends the real number line into a 2D plane. Geometrically, multiplying by i is a 90-degree rotation — two multiplications (i^2) give a 180-degree rotation, which is -1."
    },
    {
      "stage": "pre",
      "question": "What does Euler's formula e^(i*theta) equal?",
      "options": [
        "theta + i",
        "cos(theta) + i*sin(theta)",
        "sin(theta) + cos(theta)",
        "i^theta"
      ],
      "correct": 1,
      "explanation": "Euler's formula states e^(i*theta) = cos(theta) + i*sin(theta). This connects complex exponentials to trigonometry and shows that e^(i*theta) traces the unit circle as theta varies."
    },
    {
      "stage": "post",
      "question": "What is the result of (3 + 2i)(1 + 4i)?",
      "options": [
        "3 + 8i",
        "4 + 6i",
        "-5 + 14i",
        "5 + 14i"
      ],
      "correct": 2,
      "explanation": "Using FOIL: (3)(1) + (3)(4i) + (2i)(1) + (2i)(4i) = 3 + 12i + 2i + 8i^2 = 3 + 14i + 8(-1) = 3 + 14i - 8 = -5 + 14i."
    },
    {
      "stage": "post",
      "question": "Why are complex numbers used in Rotary Position Embedding (RoPE) for transformers?",
      "options": [
        "Complex numbers compress the position encoding to use less memory",
        "Multiplying query/key vectors by complex rotations encodes relative position as a rotation angle",
        "Complex numbers are required by the attention softmax function",
        "RoPE uses imaginary numbers to handle negative positions"
      ],
      "correct": 1,
      "explanation": "RoPE multiplies query and key vectors by complex rotation matrices e^(i*m*theta) where m is the position. The relative position between two tokens becomes a rotation angle, and attention naturally becomes sensitive to relative (not absolute) position through complex multiplication."
    },
    {
      "stage": "post",
      "question": "The N-th roots of unity are N equally spaced points on the unit circle. What is their sum?",
      "options": [
        "N",
        "1",
        "0",
        "N/2"
      ],
      "correct": 2,
      "explanation": "The N roots of unity are e^(2*pi*i*k/N) for k = 0, ..., N-1. They are symmetrically distributed around the unit circle, so their vector sum cancels out to zero. This symmetry property is what makes the DFT invertible."
    }
  ]
}