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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Renaissance begin?
(a) France.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

2. What name refers to sutra texts belonging to the Śrauta ritual and containing geometry related to fire-altar construction?
(a) Shulba Sutras.
(b) The Kartikeya.
(c) Yogi Sutras.
(d) Shavi Sutras.

3. 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) Christmas.
(d) Passover.

4. The Gregorian calendar replaced what calendar system in 1582?
(a) The Berber Calendar.
(b) The Hipparchus’ Calendar.
(c) The Aristotelian Calendar.
(d) The Julian Calendar.

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the ratio of zero to any number is what?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) ∞.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pythagoreanism was a cult that greatly influenced what philosophical system?

2. What word did the Arabs use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?

3. The USS Yorktown was used as the test-bed for what Navy program beginning in 1996?

4. What term refers to the religious or philosophical concept that the soul is reborn after biological death?

5. The ancient Babylonians are credited with the creation of what calculation tool?

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