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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 mathematics, what is a system which does not satisfy the superposition principle, or whose output is not directly proportional to its input?
(a) Linear system.
(b) Hyperlinear system.
(c) Thermolinear system.
(d) Nonlinear system.

2. What controversial book did Thomas S. Kuhn publish in 1962?
(a) Fractals Everywhere.
(b) Physical Review Letters.
(c) Period Three Implies Chaos.
(d) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

3. What was the profession of Benoit Mandelbrot's father?
(a) Math teacher.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Clothing wholesaler.

4. In what year did Mitchell Feigenbaum complete his doctorate with a thesis on dispersion relations?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1965.

5. Where was Benoit Mandelbrot born?
(a) Lisbon, Portugal.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Reykjavík, Iceland.
(d) Milan, Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was James Yorke born?

2. Where is the main laboratory for the Thomas J. Watson Research Center?

3. Who was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath?

4. 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?

5. What is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with the natural science of fluids (liquids and gases) in motion?

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