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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 is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere?
(a) Meteorology.
(b) Thermodynamics.
(c) Physiology.
(d) Fractal compression.

2. In Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect," the author writes, "The Butterfly Effect acquired a technical name: sensitive dependence on _____________"?
(a) "Controlled conditions."
(b) "Random conditions."
(c) "Ideal conditions."
(d) "Initial conditions."

3. In Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," Gleick writes, "In the emergence of chaos as a new science in the 1970s, _____ were destined to play a special role."
(a) Geologists.
(b) Botanists.
(c) Ecologists.
(d) Paleontologists.

4. When was James Yorke born?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1937.

5. 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"?
(a) Stanislaw Ulam.
(b) Steven Smale.
(c) Harvey J. Gold.
(d) Benoit Mandelbrot.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what institution did Thomas S. Kuhn earn his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics?

2. What was the profession of Benoit Mandelbrot's father?

3. Although James Yorke was a brilliant mathematician, he often referred to himself as what?

4. Where is the main laboratory for the Thomas J. Watson Research Center?

5. Where was Edward Lorenz born?

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