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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word did the Indians use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?
(a) Siro.
(b) Sunya.
(c) Nil.
(d) Zeno.

2. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on what increment?
(a) 60.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The system that equipped the USS Yorktown in 1996 and 1997 was predicted to save $2.8 million per year by reducing the ship’s complement by what percentage?

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

3. Approximately when did Pythagoras live?

4. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that for the Indians, numerals without geometric significance gave birth to what field of mathematics?

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

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