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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately when did Aristotle live?
(a) 214-181 BC.
(b) 601-548 BC.
(c) 520-459 BC.
(d) 384-322 BC.

2. What does the author refer to as “zero’s twin” in the book?
(a) Infinity.
(b) One.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Seven.

3. What was the fifth element that Aristotle proposed, in addition to earth, water, fire, and air?
(a) Aether.
(b) Sanctities.
(c) Metal.
(d) Volume.

4. What was the Pythagorean cult’s most sacred symbol because it contained the golden ratio?
(a) The sphere.
(b) The hexagram.
(c) The pentagram.
(d) The diamond.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when did Pythagoras live?

2. Whom does the author claim the Greeks learned about astronomy from in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?

3. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on what increment?

4. What work by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations in Arabic?

5. What branch of mathematics are the ancient Egyptians credited with creating in order to successfully build objects to block the flooding of the Nile River each year?

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