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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1996 and 1997, the USS Yorktown was equipped with a network of how many dual 200 MHz Pentium Pro-based computers running Windows NT 4.0?
(a) 27.
(b) 14.
(c) 35.
(d) 10.

2. What mathematical term refers to a function that preserves distinctness by never mapping distinct elements of its domain to the same element of its codomain?
(a) Bijective function.
(b) Differential equation.
(c) Derivative function.
(d) Injective function.

3. What does the author refer to as “zero’s twin” in the book?
(a) Infinity.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Thirteen.

4. When was Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica first published?
(a) 1666.
(b) 1568.
(c) 1632.
(d) 1687.

5. The introduction of nothingness and zero into Jewish theology led in part to what offshoot Jewish mysticism?
(a) Hasidism.
(b) Sufism.
(c) Orthodoxy.
(d) Kabbalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the listeners” in Greek?

2. What work by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations in Arabic?

3. According to the author in Chapter 6, “Infinity’s Twin,” geometry shows that mathematically the north and south poles of spheres do what?

4. Lord Kelvin is well known for determining the correct value of absolute zero. Absolute zero is approximately what temperature Celsius?

5. What term in geometry refers to a straight line that just touches a plane curve at a given point?

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