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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately when did Copernicus live?
(a) 1325-1342.
(b) 1597-1652.
(c) 1401-1452.
(d) 1473-1543.

2. What was the Pythagorean cult’s most sacred symbol because it contained the golden ratio?
(a) The hexagram.
(b) The diamond.
(c) The sphere.
(d) The pentagram.

3. What refers to the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers?
(a) Harmonic mean.
(b) Mean of function.
(c) Power mean.
(d) Frechet mean.

4. In 1996 and 1997, the USS Yorktown was equipped with a network of how many dual 200 MHz Pentium Pro-based computers running Windows NT 4.0?
(a) 27.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 35.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle was a student of what Classical Greek philosopher?

2. When the Indians adopted a Babylonian style number system, its base was what, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?

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?

4. The Italian word “zefiro,” meaning “west wind” derived from what Latin and Greek word?

5. What term refers to an argument that produces an inconsistency?

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