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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that Indian mathematicians first learned of zero from the Babylonians by way of what?
(a) The Roman conquest.
(b) The British Empire.
(c) The Spanish Inquisition.
(d) The Greek conquest.

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

3. What god within Hinduism represents both creator and destroyer?
(a) Pavarti.
(b) Ganesha.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Kartikeya.

4. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that India adopted a Babylonian style number system around what century?
(a) 2nd Century.
(b) 5th Century.
(c) 1st Century.
(d) 6th Century.

5. What term refers to the worship of multiple deities?
(a) Monotheism.
(b) Atertheism.
(c) Omnitheism.
(d) Polytheism.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Pythagoreanism was a cult that greatly influenced what philosophical system?

4. The USS Yorktown was located off the coast of what location when the computer systems malfunctioned in September of 1997?

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

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