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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many minutes made up an hour in the ancient Greek system?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 60.
(d) 100.

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

3. 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) 30%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 10%.

4. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the Pythagorean view tied numbers to what?
(a) Words.
(b) Gods.
(c) Shapes.
(d) Chakras.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Any number multiplied by zero equals what?

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

5. Zeno of Elea followed what Eleatic school founder in believing that the nature of the universe was changeless and immobile?

(see the answer key)

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