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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zero is the only number that when added to itself does what?
(a) Decreases.
(b) Remains unchanged.
(c) Increases.
(d) Turns into an imaginary number.

2. The ancient Egyptians are credited with creating what numerical system?
(a) The decimal system.
(b) The symbolic system.
(c) The geometrical system.
(d) The solar system.

3. During what decade did Henry VIII reject the Papal authority?
(a) The 1620s.
(b) The 1490s.
(c) The 1550s.
(d) The 1530s.

4. Where was Lord Kelvin born?
(a) Belfast, Northern Ireland.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) London, England.
(d) Paris, France.

5. Where did the Renaissance begin?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. The absolute value of a number may be thought of as its distance from what?

2. The author suggests in Chapter 8, “Zero Hour at Ground Zero” that zero might spawn universes through a froth of what?

3. Georg Cantor is best known as the inventor of what fundamental theory in mathematics?

4. How many minutes made up an hour in the ancient Greek system?

5. The USS Yorktown was located off the coast of what location when the computer systems malfunctioned in September of 1997?

(see the answer key)

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