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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did the Protestant Reformation begin?
(a) 1517.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1445.
(d) 1725.
2. Who founded the House of Wisdom that was established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq?
(a) Hunayn ibn Ishaq.
(b) Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
(c) Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī.
(d) Sahl ibn Harun.
3. What name refers to sutra texts belonging to the Śrauta ritual and containing geometry related to fire-altar construction?
(a) Yogi Sutras.
(b) Shavi Sutras.
(c) Shulba Sutras.
(d) The Kartikeya.
4. The author notes in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing” that the West resisted the concept of zero for how many years?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,000.
5. What word did the Arabs use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?
(a) Sifr.
(b) Zeno.
(c) Zephyr.
(d) Siro.
Short Answer Questions
1. What work by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations in Arabic?
2. What does the author refer to as “zero’s twin” in the book?
3. Approximately when did Aristotle live?
4. Negative numbers first appeared where historically, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
5. How was Giordano Bruno executed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What mathematical developments was Pythagoras credited with in ancient Greece?
2. How does the author describe the ancient Greek and Roman mathematical systems in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?
3. What reason does the author give for why the Greeks and Romans resisted using zero in their mathematical systems in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?
4. How does the author describe Islam’s history in the seventh century in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
5. What is the focus of the book, as established by the author in Chapter 0, “Null and Void”?
6. How was zero dealt with in the Pythagorean view, according to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?
7. How did zero enter into Babylonian mathematics, according to the author in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?
8. What mathematical advancements were made by the ancient Egyptians?
9. How does the author assert zero’s existence has been responsible for mathematical progress in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?
10. How did zero enter into Indian mathematics, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
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