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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The reason for the reform of the Gregorian calendar was to solidify what Christian holiday to a particular time of year?
(a) Easter.
(b) Pascha.
(c) Passover.
(d) Christmas.

2. What refers to a now-obsolete theory and model developed as an alternative to the Big Bang theory of the universe's origin?
(a) Steady State theory.
(b) Magnum Impulse theory.
(c) Infinity Completion theory.
(d) Regulation theory.

3. Approximately when was Giordano Bruno born?
(a) 1366.
(b) 1459.
(c) 1548.
(d) 1623.

4. What term refers to the viewpoint that regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge?
(a) Rationalism.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Archism.
(d) Dadaism.

5. What refers to the branch of mathematics concerned with finding tangent lines to curves, areas under curves, minima and maxima, and other geometric and analytic problems?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Infinitesimal calculus.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Geometry.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asserts in Chapter 6, “Infinity's Twin” that with the introduction of imaginary numbers, the fundamental theorem of what mathematical branch was discovered?

2. Georg Cantor is best known as the inventor of what fundamental theory in mathematics?

3. The system that equipped the USS Yorktown in 1996 and 1997 was predicted to save $2.8 million per year by reducing the ship’s complement by what percentage?

4. Who coined the term “fermion” in particle physics?

5. What term refers to the worship of multiple deities?

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