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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term refers to an elementary particle, the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation?
(a) Radon.
(b) Photon.
(c) Electron.
(d) Nucleus.

3. What term refers to a region of spacetime from which gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping?
(a) Black hole.
(b) Omicron.
(c) Limit.
(d) Derivative.

4. In what year was Albert Einstein awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his “discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1921.

5. What term refers to the viewpoint that regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge?
(a) Archism.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Absurdism.
(d) Dadaism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quantum mechanics eliminated zero in classical thermodynamics by removing what, according to the author in Chapter 7, “Absolute Zeros”?

2. What refers to an optical telescope that uses a single or combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image?

3. What god within Hinduism represents both creator and destroyer?

4. Who founded the House of Wisdom that was established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq?

5. Where was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz from?

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