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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During what decade did Henry VIII reject the Papal authority?
(a) The 1530s.
(b) The 1620s.
(c) The 1550s.
(d) The 1490s.

3. Aristotle was a student of what Classical Greek philosopher?
(a) Pythagoras.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Archimedes.

4. Approximately when was Giordano Bruno born?
(a) 1623.
(b) 1548.
(c) 1459.
(d) 1366.

5. Where was Giordano Bruno from?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician who spent most of his adult life where?

2. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?

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

4. What word did the Indians use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?

5. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that India adopted a Babylonian style number system around what century?

(see the answer key)

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