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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing” that the concepts of infinity and the void frightened the ancient Greeks. They feared the infinite because it threatened the possibility of what?
(a) God.
(b) Time.
(c) Motion.
(d) The Devil.

2. The ancient Egyptians used math to create what type of calendar?
(a) A plexus calendar.
(b) A solar calendar.
(c) A geocentric calendar.
(d) A lunar calendar.

3. The USS Yorktown was used as the test-bed for what Navy program beginning in 1996?
(a) The Smart Ship program.
(b) The Drone program.
(c) The Subatomic program.
(d) The Eastern Invasion program.

4. What was the Pythagorean cult’s most sacred symbol because it contained the golden ratio?
(a) The hexagram.
(b) The diamond.
(c) The sphere.
(d) The pentagram.

5. The author notes in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing” that the West resisted the concept of zero for how many years?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 3,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on what increment?

2. 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?

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

4. The Gregorian calendar replaced what calendar system in 1582?

5. What symbol in the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70?

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