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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with the natural science of fluids (liquids and gases) in motion?
(a) Fluid dynamics.
(b) Poincare conjecture.
(c) Theoretical physics.
(d) Fractal basin boundaries.

2. What refers to a supercomputer manufacturer based in Seattle, Washington, and founded in 1972?
(a) Cray.
(b) Bend.
(c) Ting.
(d) More.

3. What controversial book did Thomas S. Kuhn publish in 1962?
(a) Fractals Everywhere.
(b) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
(c) Period Three Implies Chaos.
(d) Physical Review Letters.

4. Where was James Yorke born?
(a) Flagstaff, Arizona.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Plainfield, New Jersey.
(d) Cheyenne, Wyoming.

5. Where was Hendrik Houthakker born?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Prague.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. In mathematics, what refers to a map that exhibits some sort of chaotic behavior?

2. According to Gleick in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," what will cause the idealized population to end up at the lower level?

3. What can be formed by taking a finite Cartesian product of the Cantor set with itself, making it a Cantor space?

4. In what year did Edward Lorenz create a weather simulator as described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

5. Who was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath?

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