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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to the worship of multiple deities?
(a) Monotheism.
(b) Polytheism.
(c) Atertheism.
(d) Omnitheism.

2. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?
(a) Shlomo ben Aderet.
(b) Nahmanides.
(c) Robert Wexler.
(d) Maimonides.

3. According to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians,” Leibniz wanted to use infinitesimals in calculus which were termed what?
(a) “dx.”
(b) “ö.”
(c) “mi.”
(d) “∞.”

4. Jean le Rond d'Alembert came up with what idea that solved the zero problem in calculus?
(a) An equation.
(b) A limit.
(c) A derivative.
(d) A quanta.

5. Who founded the House of Wisdom that was established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq?
(a) Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
(b) Hunayn ibn Ishaq.
(c) Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī.
(d) Sahl ibn Harun.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Planck relation expressed?

2. The operation of finding the area under a curve is now called what, according to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians”?

3. When was Lord Kelvin born?

4. Lord Kelvin is well known for determining the correct value of absolute zero. Absolute zero is approximately what temperature Celsius?

5. The Rayleigh–Jeans law revealed an important error in physics theory of its time. The law predicted an energy output that diverges towards infinity as wavelength approaches what?

(see the answer key)

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