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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Mitchell Feigenbaum when he was offered a post at the Los Alamos National Laboratory?
(a) 27.
(b) 29.
(c) 35.
(d) 22.

2. Where was Benoit Mandelbrot born?
(a) Reykjavík, Iceland.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Lisbon, Portugal.
(d) Milan, Italy.

3. Who is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 10, "Inner Rhythms": "The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models"?
(a) John Von Neumann.
(b) Norman Packard.
(c) Edward Spiegel.
(d) J. Doyne Farmer.

4. What were used to address deep issues in theoretical physics according to the author in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
(a) Thermodynamics.
(b) Fluid dynamics.
(c) Period doubling bifurcation.
(d) Fractal basin boundaries.

5. Where was Heinz-Otto Peitgen born?
(a) Johannesburg, South Africa.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Nimbin, Australia.
(d) Nümbrecht, Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, "Revolution," the author writes, "Professional scientists, given brief, uncertain glimpses of nature's workings, are no less vulnerable to anguish and confusion when they come face to face with" _______________?

2. Who is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 2, "Revolution": "Of course, the entire effort is to put oneself outside the ordinary range of what are called statistics"?

3. What was the Santa Cruz Chaos Cabal's main focus?

4. When was Benoit Mandelbrot born?

5. In mathematics, what is a system which does not satisfy the superposition principle, or whose output is not directly proportional to its input?

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