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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Giordano Bruno from?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Italy.
(d) Great Britain.

2. Who founded the House of Wisdom that was established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq?
(a) Sahl ibn Harun.
(b) Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī.
(c) Hunayn ibn Ishaq.
(d) Caliph Harun al-Rashid.

3. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on what increment?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 60.

4. The ancient Babylonians are credited with the creation of what calculation tool?
(a) The abacus.
(b) The calculator.
(c) The computer.
(d) The stick-stone.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In mathematics, the cardinality of a set is a measure of what?

3. What term in geometry refers to a straight line that just touches a plane curve at a given point?

4. When did Nicholas of Cusa live?

5. Whom does the author claim the Greeks learned about astronomy from in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?

(see the answer key)

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