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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately when did Johannes Kepler live?
(a) 1489-1550.
(b) 1611-1669.
(c) 1501-1559.
(d) 1571-1630.

2. What refers to the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers?
(a) Power mean.
(b) Mean of function.
(c) Frechet mean.
(d) Harmonic mean.

3. What rule in calculus uses derivatives to help evaluate limits involving indeterminate forms?
(a) L'Hôpital's rule.
(b) The Pythagorean Theorem.
(c) General relativity.
(d) The Golden Ratio.

4. Filippo Brunelleschi famously engineered the dome of what cathedral?
(a) The Nidaros Cathedral.
(b) The Florence Cathedral.
(c) The Oulu Cathedral.
(d) Metz Cathedral.

5. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the listeners” in Greek?
(a) The mathēmatikoi.
(b) The Hippasusikoi.
(c) The omnimatioi.
(d) The akousmatikoi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pythagoreanism was a cult that greatly influenced what philosophical system?

3. Aristotle was a student of what Classical Greek philosopher?

4. What refers to a system of tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church during the second half of the 16th Century?

5. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the learners” in Greek?

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