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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pythagoreanism was a cult that greatly influenced what philosophical system?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Athenism.
(c) Platonism.
(d) Buddhism.

2. Where does the author say early medieval Jews took up residence and discovered that Aristotle’s aversion to zero contradicted Jewish theology in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
(a) Ancient Egypt.
(b) South America.
(c) Rome.
(d) Muslim Spain.

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

4. Where did the Renaissance begin?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Great Britain.

5. Approximately when did Aristotle live?
(a) 214-181 BC.
(b) 601-548 BC.
(c) 384-322 BC.
(d) 520-459 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zero is the only number that when added to itself does what?

2. What was the fifth element that Aristotle proposed, in addition to earth, water, fire, and air?

3. During what decade did Henry VIII reject the Papal authority?

4. Ptolemy wrote what mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths?

5. What refers to a system of tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church during the second half of the 16th Century?

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