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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician who spent most of his adult life where?
(a) South America.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) The Dutch Republic.
(d) Northern Africa.

2. When was Jean le Rond d'Alembert born?
(a) 1701.
(b) 1659.
(c) 1717.
(d) 1811.

3. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?
(a) Nahmanides.
(b) Shlomo ben Aderet.
(c) Robert Wexler.
(d) Maimonides.

4. What term refers to a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers?
(a) Classical physics.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Number theory.

5. Pythagoreanism was a cult that greatly influenced what philosophical system?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Platonism.
(c) Athenism.
(d) Hinduism.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sir Isaac Newton live?

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the ratio of zero to any number is what?

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

4. What was the fifth element that Aristotle proposed, in addition to earth, water, fire, and air?

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

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