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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?
(a) Shlomo ben Aderet.
(b) Nahmanides.
(c) Robert Wexler.
(d) Maimonides.

2. Approximately when did Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi live?
(a) 780-850 AD.
(b) 159-201 AD.
(c) 410-500 AD.
(d) 240-200 BC.

3. Where does the author say early medieval Jews took up residence and discovered that Aristotle’s aversion to zero contradicted Jewish theology in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
(a) Rome.
(b) Ancient Egypt.
(c) South America.
(d) Muslim Spain.

4. The ancient Mayans used a numeral system that was based on what increment?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. What term refers to the worship of multiple deities?
(a) Omnitheism.
(b) Polytheism.
(c) Atertheism.
(d) Monotheism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did the Arabs use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?

2. The House of Wisdom was based in Baghdad during what centuries?

3. The ancient Egyptians are credited with creating what numerical system?

4. What region in the Middle East is widely considered to be the cradle of civilization?

5. The author notes in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing” that the West resisted the concept of zero for how many years?

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