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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What branch of mathematics are the ancient Egyptians credited with creating in order to successfully build objects to block the flooding of the Nile River each year?
(a) Projective physics.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Quantum mechanics.
(d) Geometry.

2. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the learners” in Greek?
(a) The omnimatioi.
(b) The akousmatikoi.
(c) The Hippasusikoi.
(d) The mathēmatikoi.

3. What term refers to an argument that produces an inconsistency?
(a) Reprimand.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Dividend.
(d) Quantization.

4. The preclassic Maya and their neighbors supposedly developed the concept of zero by what year?
(a) 10 BC.
(b) 50 BC.
(c) 23 BC.
(d) 36 BC.

5. Aristotle was a student of what Classical Greek philosopher?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Archimedes.
(d) Pythagoras.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the Pythagorean view tied numbers to what?

2. The USS Yorktown was used as the test-bed for what Navy program beginning in 1996?

3. Aristotle referred to Zeno of Elea as the inventor of what?

4. The system that equipped the USS Yorktown in 1996 and 1997 was predicted to save $2.8 million per year by reducing the ship’s complement by what percentage?

5. Approximately when did Aristotle live?

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