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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the study of geometric properties that are invariant under projective transformations?
(a) Classical relativity.
(b) Projective algebra.
(c) Projective geometry.
(d) General relativity.

2. What term in geometry refers to a straight line that just touches a plane curve at a given point?
(a) A hyperbole.
(b) A gravitational pull.
(c) A tangent.
(d) A divergent.

3. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that for the Indians, numerals without geometric significance gave birth to what field of mathematics?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Physics.

4. What rule in calculus uses derivatives to help evaluate limits involving indeterminate forms?
(a) The Golden Ratio.
(b) General relativity.
(c) The Pythagorean Theorem.
(d) L'Hôpital's rule.

5. What term refers to a unit of loudness level for pure tones?
(a) Strata.
(b) Phon.
(c) Electron.
(d) Quanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mass of an electron is represented by what fraction in comparison with the mass of a proton?

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

3. The author notes in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing” that the West resisted the concept of zero for how many years?

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 8, “Zero Hour at Ground Zero,” some physicists think the merging of a particle and a black hole creates a tachyon or a particle with imaginary mass that could do what?

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