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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 5%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 30%.

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

3. How is zero represented in Roman numerals?
(a) X.
(b) I.
(c) C.
(d) It is not represented.

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

5. Whom does the author claim the Greeks learned about astronomy from in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?
(a) The Egyptians.
(b) The Babylonians.
(c) The Mayans.
(d) The Romans.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what written work did Aristotle describe Zeno of Elea’s paradox of motion?

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

3. Approximately when did Aristotle live?

4. Approximately when did Pythagoras live?

5. The ancient Mayans used a numeral system that was based on what increment?

(see the answer key)

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