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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In mathematics, what is a system which does not satisfy the superposition principle, or whose output is not directly proportional to its input?
(a) Nonlinear system.
(b) Linear system.
(c) Thermolinear system.
(d) Hyperlinear system.

2. What is a measure of some property of a piece of software or its specifications?
(a) Software metric.
(b) Software visualization.
(c) Cosmic arrhythmias.
(d) Fractal compression.

3. Where was Gustav Mahler born?
(a) Austria.
(b) Canada.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

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

5. Where is Michael Barnsley from?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Thomas S. Kuhn born?

2. In the 1950s and 1960s what two technologies were maturing together, according to the author in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

3. When was James Yorke born?

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

5. Where was Edward Lorenz born?

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