View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Filippo Brunelleschi was born in approximately what year?
(a) 1377.
(b) 1520.
(c) 1414.
(d) 1601.

2. Where did Copernicus live?
(a) Rome.
(b) Prussia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) France.

3. The Renaissance roughly spanned the period of what centuries?
(a) The 10th to the 12th Centuries.
(b) The 16th to the 19th Centuries.
(c) The 14th to the 17th Centuries.
(d) The 9th to the 14th Centuries.

4. The ancient Babylonians are credited with the creation of what calculation tool?
(a) The stick-stone.
(b) The computer.
(c) The abacus.
(d) The calculator.

5. What name refers to sutra texts belonging to the Śrauta ritual and containing geometry related to fire-altar construction?
(a) Shavi Sutras.
(b) Shulba Sutras.
(c) Yogi Sutras.
(d) The Kartikeya.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The ancient Egyptians are credited with creating what numerical system?

3. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the Pythagorean view tied numbers to what?

4. Approximately when did Aristotle live?

5. When did the Protestant Reformation begin?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 180 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample