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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zeno of Elea followed what Eleatic school founder in believing that the nature of the universe was changeless and immobile?
(a) Pythagoras.
(b) Aeschylus.
(c) Parmenides.
(d) Archimedes.

2. The Gregorian calendar replaced what calendar system in 1582?
(a) The Berber Calendar.
(b) The Hipparchus’ Calendar.
(c) The Aristotelian Calendar.
(d) The Julian Calendar.

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

4. How is zero represented in Roman numerals?
(a) I.
(b) X.
(c) C.
(d) It is not represented.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when was Zeno of Elea born?

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

3. The preclassic Maya and their neighbors supposedly developed the concept of zero by what year?

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

5. Approximately when did Aristotle live?

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