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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The USS Yorktown was located off the coast of what location when the computer systems malfunctioned in September of 1997?
(a) Havana, Cuba.
(b) Cape Charles, Virginia.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Del Norte, California.

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

3. The ancient Babylonians are credited with the creation of what calculation tool?
(a) The computer.
(b) The abacus.
(c) The stick-stone.
(d) The calculator.

4. The introduction of nothingness and zero into Jewish theology led in part to what offshoot Jewish mysticism?
(a) Hasidism.
(b) Sufism.
(c) Orthodoxy.
(d) Kabbalism.

5. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that the Indians borrowed Greek geometry but never worried about what?
(a) Recording or calculating area.
(b) Symbols for numerals.
(c) The diagonal of the square.
(d) The Pythagorean Theorem.

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. Approximately when was Zeno of Elea born?

3. What name refers to sutra texts belonging to the Śrauta ritual and containing geometry related to fire-altar construction?

4. Who founded the House of Wisdom that was established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq?

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the ratio of zero to any number is what?

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