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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Stanislaw Ulam.
(c) Harvey J. Gold.
(d) Wallace Stevens.

2. According to Gleick in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," what will cause the idealized population to end up at the lower level?
(a) A fraction parameter.
(b) A lower parameter.
(c) A higher parameter.
(d) A multiplier parameter.

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

4. In fluid dynamics, what consists of a viscous fluid confined in the gap between two rotating cylinders?
(a) Laminar flow.
(b) The Taylor-Couette flow.
(c) Turbulent flow.
(d) Bifurcation cascade.

5. What is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?
(a) Chaos theory.
(b) Physiology.
(c) Economics.
(d) Information theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be formed by taking a finite Cartesian product of the Cantor set with itself, making it a Cantor space?

2. Where was Hendrik Houthakker born?

3. In what year was Mitchell Feigenbaum awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics?

4. Where was Edward Lorenz born?

5. What refers to the spread of momentum between particles of matter, usually in the liquid state?

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