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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author say early medieval Jews took up residence and discovered that Aristotle’s aversion to zero contradicted Jewish theology in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
(a) Ancient Egypt.
(b) Rome.
(c) South America.
(d) Muslim Spain.

2. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?
(a) Robert Wexler.
(b) Nahmanides.
(c) Shlomo ben Aderet.
(d) Maimonides.

3. Bosonic string theory was developed in what decade?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1890s.

4. What region in the Middle East is widely considered to be the cradle of civilization?
(a) The Mayan Region.
(b) The Twin Towers.
(c) The Nile Region.
(d) The Fertile Crescent.

5. What mathematical term refers to a function that preserves distinctness by never mapping distinct elements of its domain to the same element of its codomain?
(a) Injective function.
(b) Bijective function.
(c) Differential equation.
(d) Derivative function.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Jean le Rond d'Alembert born?

2. What refers to an optical telescope that uses a single or combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image?

3. Johannes Kepler used calculus to determine that planets had what, according to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians”?

4. Aristotle was a student of what Classical Greek philosopher?

5. The word “Renaissance” derives from what meaning?

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