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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Gleick in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," what will lead to an increased, steady state in the idealized population?
(a) A fraction parameter.
(b) A multiplier parameter.
(c) A lower parameter.
(d) A higher parameter.

2. In mathematics and statistics, a _____ is a quantity that serves to relate functions and variables using a common variable when such a relationship would be difficult to explicate with an equation.
(a) Divisor.
(b) Fraction.
(c) Paradigm.
(d) Parameter.

3. Who began to call the global construction of fractals "the chaos game" according to the author in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
(a) Leo Kadanoff.
(b) Conrad Aiken.
(c) Albert Libchaber.
(d) Michael Barnsley.

4. What is the scientific study of the nervous system?
(a) Neuroscience.
(b) Physics.
(c) Physiology.
(d) Thermodynamics.

5. James Yorke realized that one of the largest problems with his work was that mathematicians and physicists were often worlds apart because they did not what?
(a) Report to work at the same time.
(b) Speak the same language.
(c) Use the same equipment.
(d) Follow the same rules.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Mitchell Feigenbaum complete his doctorate with a thesis on dispersion relations?

2. 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" _______________?

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

4. Where was Gustav Mahler born?

5. Where is Bernardo Huberman originally from?

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