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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What name refers to sutra texts belonging to the Śrauta ritual and containing geometry related to fire-altar construction?
(a) Yogi Sutras.
(b) The Kartikeya.
(c) Shulba Sutras.
(d) Shavi Sutras.

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

4. In what written work did Aristotle describe Zeno of Elea’s paradox of motion?
(a) Theatre.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Physics.
(d) Poetry.

5. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that India adopted a Babylonian style number system around what century?
(a) 1st Century.
(b) 6th Century.
(c) 2nd Century.
(d) 5th Century.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the religious or philosophical concept that the soul is reborn after biological death?

2. Zeno of Elea followed what Eleatic school founder in believing that the nature of the universe was changeless and immobile?

3. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?

4. The ancient Egyptians used math to create what type of calendar?

5. Zero is the only number that when added to itself does what?

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