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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Mitchell Feigenbaum meet Michael Barnsley at a conference in Corsica?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1967.

2. Gleick compares the Mandlebrot Set to what set in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
(a) The Karen Set.
(b) The Valerie Set.
(c) The Martha Set.
(d) The Julia Set.

3. When was Robert May born?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1944.

4. Who said that calling the study of chaos a nonlinear science was akin to calling zoology "the study of nonelephant animals" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?
(a) Harvey J. Gold.
(b) Wallace Stevens.
(c) Stanislaw Ulam.
(d) Enrico Fermi.

5. Where was Edward Lorenz born?
(a) Bangor, Maine.
(b) Atlantic City, New Jersey.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) West Hartford, Connecticut.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mitchell Feigenbaum when he was offered a post at the Los Alamos National Laboratory?

2. When was Harry L. Swinney born?

3. Where was Robert May born?

4. What refers to a closed trajectory in phase space having the property that at least one other trajectory spirals into it either as time approaches infinity or as time approaches negative infinity?

5. Where was Gustav Mahler born?

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