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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The introduction of nothingness and zero into Jewish theology led in part to what offshoot Jewish mysticism?
(a) Kabbalism.
(b) Sufism.
(c) Hasidism.
(d) Orthodoxy.

2. What word did the Arabs use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?
(a) Siro.
(b) Zeno.
(c) Zephyr.
(d) Sifr.

3. What term in geometry refers to a straight line that just touches a plane curve at a given point?
(a) A tangent.
(b) A divergent.
(c) A gravitational pull.
(d) A hyperbole.

4. What term refers to the religious or philosophical concept that the soul is reborn after biological death?
(a) Dualism.
(b) Creationism.
(c) Polytheism.
(d) Reincarnation.

5. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that India adopted a Babylonian style number system around what century?
(a) 5th Century.
(b) 2nd Century.
(c) 6th Century.
(d) 1st Century.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bishop Berkeley was a philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called what?

2. Absolute zero has no energy and is unattainable for what reason?

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

4. What principle holds that there is an inverse relation between the fineness with which a particular's location can be determined and the fineness with which its velocity can be determined?

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

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