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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the European Center for Medium Range Forecasts headquartered?
(a) Dublin, Ireland.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Reading, England.

2. In Chapter 2, "Revolution," Gleick writes that the only problem with studying and experimenting with a new science is what?
(a) It requires a new language.
(b) There are no rules.
(c) All the work is yet to be done.
(d) No one will understand it.

3. In statistics, what refers to any statistical relationship between two random variables or two sets of data?
(a) Diversity.
(b) Commonality.
(c) Dependence.
(d) Prediction.

4. What was the name of the computer manufacturing and retail division of Royal Typewriter which made the early computers RPC 4000 and RPC 9000?
(a) Royal Information Systems.
(b) Royal McBee.
(c) Royal Mathematics.
(d) Royal Computing.

5. Who is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 2, "Revolution": "Of course, the entire effort is to put oneself outside the ordinary range of what are called statistics"?
(a) Richard Feynman.
(b) Stephen Spender.
(c) Thomas S. Kuhn.
(d) James Gleick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the author, are created out of things that have come to an end?

2. In his paper, Kuhn argues that rival paradigms are ______, meaning that it is not possible to understand one paradigm through the conceptual framework and terminology of another rival paradigm.

3. Where was Edward Lorenz born?

4. What studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions?

5. In Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect," the author writes, "The Butterfly Effect acquired a technical name: sensitive dependence on _____________"?

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