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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ptolemy wrote what mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths?
(a) Physics.
(b) The Golden Ratio.
(c) The Epicurean.
(d) The Almagest.

3. The author notes in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing” that the West resisted the concept of zero for how many years?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 3,000.

4. The preclassic Maya and their neighbors supposedly developed the concept of zero by what year?
(a) 36 BC.
(b) 50 BC.
(c) 23 BC.
(d) 10 BC.

5. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on what increment?
(a) 60.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Giordano Bruno executed?

2. Approximately when was Zeno of Elea born?

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

4. When did Nicholas of Cusa live?

5. The House of Wisdom was based in Baghdad during what centuries?

(see the answer key)

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