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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Gregorian calendar replaced what calendar system in 1582?
(a) The Berber Calendar.
(b) The Aristotelian Calendar.
(c) The Julian Calendar.
(d) The Hipparchus’ Calendar.

2. Approximately when did Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi live?
(a) 410-500 AD.
(b) 159-201 AD.
(c) 780-850 AD.
(d) 240-200 BC.

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

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

5. What symbol in the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70?
(a) Xi.
(b) Omega.
(c) Omicron.
(d) Upsilon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name refers to sutra texts belonging to the Śrauta ritual and containing geometry related to fire-altar construction?

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

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

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

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

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