1. 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.

2. What term refers to a physical constant that is the quantum of action in quantum mechanics?
(a) The Pythagorean theorem.
(b) M-Theory.
(c) The Planck constant.
(d) The Golden Ratio.

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

4. According to the author in Chapter 8, “Zero Hour at Ground Zero,” some physicists think the merging of a particle and a black hole creates a tachyon or a particle with imaginary mass that could do what?
(a) Devour the black hole.
(b) Cross into space.
(c) Move forward in time.
(d) Move backward in time.

5. In the photoelectric effect, electrons are emitted from solids, liquids or gases when they do what?
(a) Depict energy from light.
(b) Reflect energy from light.
(c) Approach zero.
(d) Absorb energy from light.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Rayleigh–Jeans law agrees with experimental results at large wavelengths but strongly disagrees at short wavelengths. What is this inconsistency known as?

2. Filippo Brunelleschi famously engineered the dome of what cathedral?

3. Where did the Renaissance begin?

4. Approximately when did Aristotle live?

5. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that India adopted a Babylonian style number system around what century?

(see the answer key)

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