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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In physics and systems theory, what states that, for all linear systems, the net response at a given place and time caused by two or more stimuli is the sum of the responses which would have been caused by each stimulus individually?
(a) Pattern formation.
(b) The superposition principle.
(c) Bifurcation cascade.
(d) Bifurcation theory.

2. What is the mathematical study of changes in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family, such as the integral curves of a family of vector fields, and the solutions of a family of differential equations?
(a) Thermodynamics.
(b) Fluid dynamics.
(c) Bifurcation theory.
(d) Theoretical physics.

3. In Chapter 2, "Revolution," the author writes, "Professional scientists, given brief, uncertain glimpses of nature's workings, are no less vulnerable to anguish and confusion when they come face to face with" _______________?
(a) "Turbulence".
(b) "Incongruity".
(c) "Fractals".
(d) "Cantor dust".

4. What is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with the natural science of fluids (liquids and gases) in motion?
(a) Poincare conjecture.
(b) Theoretical physics.
(c) Fractal basin boundaries.
(d) Fluid dynamics.

5. In what year did Benoit Mandelbrot recognize the ghost of an idea when he spotted a diagram charted out on the blackboard in Hendrik Houthakker's office?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Edward Lorenz born?

2. What did Foucault use as a way to demonstrate the earth's rotation, according to the author in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

3. From what institution did Thomas S. Kuhn earn his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics?

4. In what year was Mitchell Feigenbaum awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics?

5. What is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere?

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