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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The House of Wisdom was based in Baghdad during what centuries?
(a) The 9th to 13th centuries.
(b) The 12th to 17th centuries.
(c) The 2nd to 6th centuries.
(d) The 5th to 7th centuries.

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

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

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?
(a) The Planck constant.
(b) The Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
(c) The Pythagorean Theorem.
(d) The Golden Ratio.

5. In the photoelectric effect, electrons are emitted from solids, liquids or gases when they do what?
(a) Approach zero.
(b) Absorb energy from light.
(c) Depict energy from light.
(d) Reflect energy from light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jean le Rond d'Alembert came up with what idea that solved the zero problem in calculus?

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians,” Jean le Rond d'Alembert had satisfied the mathematician's need for what?

3. The introduction of nothingness and zero into Jewish theology led in part to what offshoot Jewish mysticism?

4. The Italian word “zefiro,” meaning “west wind” derived from what Latin and Greek word?

5. What term refers to a region of spacetime from which gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping?

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