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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?
(a) Shlomo ben Aderet.
(b) Maimonides.
(c) Nahmanides.
(d) Robert Wexler.

3. What branch of mathematics are the ancient Egyptians credited with creating in order to successfully build objects to block the flooding of the Nile River each year?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Projective physics.
(c) Quantum mechanics.
(d) Geometry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle referred to Zeno of Elea as the inventor of what?

2. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that Indian mathematicians first learned of zero from the Babylonians by way of what?

3. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that for the Indians, numerals without geometric significance gave birth to what field of mathematics?

4. How is zero represented in Roman numerals?

5. What was the Pythagorean cult’s most sacred symbol because it contained the golden ratio?

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