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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In statistics, what refers to any statistical relationship between two random variables or two sets of data?
(a) Prediction.
(b) Dependence.
(c) Commonality.
(d) Diversity.

2. Where is the European Center for Medium Range Forecasts headquartered?
(a) Dublin, Ireland.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Reading, England.

3. In the 1950s and 1960s what two technologies were maturing together, according to the author in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?
(a) The space satellite and digital computer.
(b) The television and automobile.
(c) The digital computer and television.
(d) The automobile and space stellite.

4. What was the name of the computer manufacturing and retail division of Royal Typewriter which made the early computers RPC 4000 and RPC 9000?
(a) Royal McBee.
(b) Royal Computing.
(c) Royal Mathematics.
(d) Royal Information Systems.

5. What is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language?
(a) Biology.
(b) Information theory.
(c) Meteorology.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Edward Lorenz create a weather simulator as described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

2. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect" as saying "Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?"

3. Where was Edward Lorenz born?

4. What is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?

5. What does Gleick assert was the inspiration for Archimedes in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

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