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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Stephen Smale from?
(a) Fargo, North Dakota.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Aurora, Illinois.
(d) Flint, Michigan.

2. If a system is in what state, then the recently observed behavior of the system will continue into the future?
(a) Unstable.
(b) Changing.
(c) Reactive.
(d) Steady.

3. What refers to the static or animated 2-D or 3-D visual representation of information about software systems based on their structure, size, history or behavior?
(a) Fractal compression.
(b) Software visualization.
(c) Software metric.
(d) Cosmic arrhythmias.

4. Who does Gleick quote as saying "It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearily!" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?
(a) James Yorke.
(b) Wallace Stevens.
(c) Enrico Fermi.
(d) Stanislaw Ulam.

5. What refers to a supercomputer manufacturer based in Seattle, Washington, and founded in 1972?
(a) Bend.
(b) Ting.
(c) Cray.
(d) More.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Mitchell Feigenbaum born?

2. 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"?

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."

4. Where did Mitchell Feigenbaum attend for graduate study in electrical engineering but changed his area to physics?

5. What is a concept in mathematics where a fixed rule describes the time dependence of a point in a geometrical space?

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