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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although James Yorke was a brilliant mathematician, he often referred to himself as what?
(a) A martyr.
(b) A monk.
(c) A philosopher.
(d) A rebel.

2. What refers to a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is a reduced-size copy of the whole?
(a) Revolutions.
(b) Fractal.
(c) Oscillation.
(d) Gradient.

3. Where is the Scripps Research Institute headquartered?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Tacoma, Washington.
(d) La Jolla, California.

4. When was Harry L. Swinney born?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1912.

5. 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) "Incongruity".
(b) "Fractals".
(c) "Cantor dust".
(d) "Turbulence".

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is attributed with the following quote in the beginning of Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs": "The result of a mathematical development should be continuously checked against one's own intuition about what constitutes reasonable biological behavior"?

2. In Chapter 2, "Revolution," Gleick writes that the only problem with studying and experimenting with a new science is what?

3. When was the book Spacetime, Geometry, Cosmology published?

4. What is a measure of the resistance of a fluid which is being deformed by either shear stress or tensile stress?

5. In Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect," the author writes, "The Butterfly Effect acquired a technical name: sensitive dependence on _____________"?

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