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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was the profession of Benoit Mandelbrot's father?
(a) Clothing wholesaler.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Math teacher.
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) Paradigm.
(c) Fraction.
(d) Parameter.
3. Where was Benoit Mandelbrot born?
(a) Warsaw, Poland.
(b) Milan, Italy.
(c) Reykjavík, Iceland.
(d) Lisbon, Portugal.
4. What is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language?
(a) Computer model.
(b) Fraction model.
(c) Mathematical model.
(d) Algorithm model.
5. Who said that calling the study of chaos a nonlinear science was akin to calling zoology "the study of nonelephant animals" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?
(a) Enrico Fermi.
(b) Harvey J. Gold.
(c) Stanislaw Ulam.
(d) Wallace Stevens.
Short Answer Questions
1. What work by Edward Lorenz greatly impacted the thinking of James Yorke, as described in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?
2. 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?
3. 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" _______________?
4. What is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force?
5. 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?"
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