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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 was Mitchell Feigenbaum born?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Biloxi, Mississippi.
(d) Frankfort, Kentucky.

2. In Chapter 2, "Revolution," Gleick writes that the only problem with studying and experimenting with a new science is what?
(a) There are no rules.
(b) All the work is yet to be done.
(c) It requires a new language.
(d) No one will understand it.

3. What is a lossy compression method for digital images based on fractals?
(a) Information theory.
(b) Cosmic arrhythmias.
(c) Fractal compression.
(d) Period doubling bifurcation.

4. What occurs at higher velocities where eddies or small packets of fluid particles form leading to lateral mixing?
(a) Chaos theory.
(b) Momentum diffusion.
(c) Turbulent flow.
(d) Theoretical physics.

5. When did Albert Libchaber win the Wolf Prize in Physics?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1952.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were used to address deep issues in theoretical physics according to the author in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?

2. In what year did Edward Lorenz create a weather simulator as described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

3. 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"?

4. 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."

5. What was the name of Edward Lorenz's 1963 paper in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences?

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