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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author refer to as “zero’s twin” in the book?
(a) One.
(b) Infinity.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Seven.

2. Approximately when did Pythagoras live?
(a) 684-610 BC.
(b) 1200-1195 BC.
(c) 570-495 BC.
(d) 481-412 BC.

3. Where was Giordano Bruno from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) France.

4. 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) Motion.
(c) God.
(d) The Devil.

5. Filippo Brunelleschi famously engineered the dome of what cathedral?
(a) The Oulu Cathedral.
(b) Metz Cathedral.
(c) The Florence Cathedral.
(d) The Nidaros Cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ancient Babylonians are credited with the creation of what calculation tool?

2. René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician who spent most of his adult life where?

3. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the listeners” in Greek?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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