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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Newton's notation for differentiation uses what symbol placed over a function name to denote the time derivative of that function?
(a) An omega.
(b) An omicron.
(c) A line.
(d) A dot.

2. The Rayleigh–Jeans law agrees with experimental results at large wavelengths but strongly disagrees at short wavelengths. What is this inconsistency known as?
(a) A black hole.
(b) The Golden Ratio.
(c) The ultraviolet catastrophe.
(d) The Pythagorean Theorem.

3. Approximately when did Copernicus live?
(a) 1401-1452.
(b) 1597-1652.
(c) 1473-1543.
(d) 1325-1342.

4. What rule in calculus uses derivatives to help evaluate limits involving indeterminate forms?
(a) The Pythagorean Theorem.
(b) The Golden Ratio.
(c) General relativity.
(d) L'Hôpital's rule.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term refers to numbers that are "infinite" in the sense that they are larger than all finite numbers, yet not necessarily absolutely infinite?

3. During what decade did Henry VIII reject the Papal authority?

4. What mathematical term refers to a function giving an exact pairing of the elements of two sets?

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

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