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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ancient Egyptians used math to create what type of calendar?
(a) A plexus calendar.
(b) A lunar calendar.
(c) A solar calendar.
(d) A geocentric calendar.

2. The author states in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing” that the concepts of infinity and the void frightened the ancient Greeks. They feared the infinite because it threatened the possibility of what?
(a) Time.
(b) God.
(c) The Devil.
(d) Motion.

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

4. What term refers to the religious or philosophical concept that the soul is reborn after biological death?
(a) Polytheism.
(b) Creationism.
(c) Dualism.
(d) Reincarnation.

5. The ancient Mayans used a numeral system that was based on what increment?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Renaissance begin?

2. Approximately when was Zeno of Elea born?

3. Whom does the author claim the Greeks learned about astronomy from in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?

4. When did Nicholas of Cusa live?

5. What does the author refer to as “zero’s twin” in the book?

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