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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Italian word “zefiro,” meaning “west wind” derived from what Latin and Greek word?
(a) Zyloph.
(b) Sifr.
(c) Zephyrus.
(d) Zebra.

3. 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?
(a) An all-encompassing theory.
(b) Theology.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Logical rigor.

4. When was Lord Kelvin born?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1824.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1915.

5. In quantum mechanics, the concept of de Broglie waves reflects what?
(a) The gravitational pull of the earth’s poles.
(b) The emergence of black holes.
(c) The Big Bang Theory.
(d) The wave-particle duality of matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Rayleigh–Jeans law agrees with experimental results at large wavelengths but strongly disagrees at short wavelengths. What is this inconsistency known as?

2. What term refers to a physical constant that is the quantum of action in quantum mechanics?

3. In what year did Albert Einstein publish a paper that explained experimental data from the photoelectric effect, leading to the quantum revolution?

4. According to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians,” Leibniz wanted to use infinitesimals in calculus which were termed what?

5. What rule in calculus uses derivatives to help evaluate limits involving indeterminate forms?

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