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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on what increment?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 60.
(d) 20.

2. Zero is the only number that when added to itself does what?
(a) Decreases.
(b) Remains unchanged.
(c) Turns into an imaginary number.
(d) Increases.

3. Zeno of Elea followed what Eleatic school founder in believing that the nature of the universe was changeless and immobile?
(a) Parmenides.
(b) Pythagoras.
(c) Archimedes.
(d) Aeschylus.

4. The reason for the reform of the Gregorian calendar was to solidify what Christian holiday to a particular time of year?
(a) Passover.
(b) Pascha.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

5. Aristotle referred to Zeno of Elea as the inventor of what?
(a) The dialectic.
(b) Algebra.
(c) The Zeno theorem.
(d) Geometry.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ancient Babylonians are credited with the creation of what calculation tool?

2. How many minutes made up an hour in the ancient Greek system?

3. What does the author refer to as “zero’s twin” in the book?

4. The author notes in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing” that the West resisted the concept of zero for how many years?

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

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