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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately when did Pythagoras live?
(a) 481-412 BC.
(b) 570-495 BC.
(c) 1200-1195 BC.
(d) 684-610 BC.

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

3. Any number multiplied by zero equals what?
(a) 15.
(b) 0.
(c) -100.
(d) 1.

4. What region in the Middle East is widely considered to be the cradle of civilization?
(a) The Nile Region.
(b) The Mayan Region.
(c) The Twin Towers.
(d) The Fertile Crescent.

5. What word did the Indians use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?
(a) Sunya.
(b) Nil.
(c) Siro.
(d) Zeno.

Short Answer Questions

1. The reason for the reform of the Gregorian calendar was to solidify what Christian holiday to a particular time of year?

2. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that the Indians borrowed Greek geometry but never worried about what?

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

4. The preclassic Maya and their neighbors supposedly developed the concept of zero by what year?

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the ratio of zero to any number is what?

(see the answer key)

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