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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) Athenism.
(b) Platonism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Hinduism.

2. What region in the Middle East is widely considered to be the cradle of civilization?
(a) The Twin Towers.
(b) The Nile Region.
(c) The Mayan Region.
(d) The Fertile Crescent.

3. How was Giordano Bruno executed?
(a) He was shot by firing squad.
(b) He was given lethal injection.
(c) He was hung.
(d) He was burned at the stake.

4. Filippo Brunelleschi was born in approximately what year?
(a) 1377.
(b) 1601.
(c) 1520.
(d) 1414.

5. When did René Descartes live?
(a) 1625-1706.
(b) 1596-1650.
(c) 1922-1969.
(d) 1436-1501.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is zero represented in Roman numerals?

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

4. Where was Giordano Bruno from?

5. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that India adopted a Babylonian style number system around what century?

(see the answer key)

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