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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Edward Lorenz born?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1921.

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

3. What, according to the author, are created out of things that have come to an end?
(a) Cantor dust.
(b) Cosmic arrhythmias.
(c) Fractal basin boundaries.
(d) Revolutions.

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

5. From what institution did Thomas S. Kuhn earn his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Loyola University.
(d) Princeton University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the National Weather Service headquartered?

2. What is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language?

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

4. What were the subjects allowed to glance at one at a time in the experiment from the 1940s described by Gleick in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

5. Who is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 2, "Revolution": "Of course, the entire effort is to put oneself outside the ordinary range of what are called statistics"?

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