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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 measure of the resistance of a fluid which is being deformed by either shear stress or tensile stress?
(a) Gradient.
(b) Physiology.
(c) Cosmic arrhythmias.
(d) Viscosity.

2. From what institution did Harry L. Swinney earn his Ph.D.?
(a) The University of Illinois.
(b) The University of Bonn.
(c) Johns Hopkins University.
(d) Caltech.

3. With whom did Harry Swinney perform experiments on the onset of turbulence for water in rotating cylinders?
(a) Dr. Faustus.
(b) Jerry Gollub.
(c) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
(d) Gustav Mahler.

4. Who is attributed with the following quote from Chapter 6, "Universality": "The iterating of these lines brings gold; the framing of this circle on the ground brings whirlwinds, tempests, thunder and lightning"?
(a) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
(b) Mitchell Feigenbaum.
(c) Dr. Faustus.
(d) Lewis F. Richardson.

5. What was the name of Edward Lorenz's 1963 paper in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences?
(a) "Fractals Everywhere".
(b) "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions".
(c) "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow".
(d) "Physical Review Letters".

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded?

2. 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"?

3. When was Harry L. Swinney born?

4. In Chapter 2, "Revolution," Gleick writes that the only problem with studying and experimenting with a new science is what?

5. In what year was Mitchell Feigenbaum awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics?

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