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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The system that equipped the USS Yorktown in 1996 and 1997 was predicted to save $2.8 million per year by reducing the ship’s complement by what percentage?
(a) 30%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 10%.

2. What symbol in the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70?
(a) Xi.
(b) Upsilon.
(c) Omega.
(d) Omicron.

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

4. What word did the Indians use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?
(a) Nil.
(b) Siro.
(c) Sunya.
(d) Zeno.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did the Arabs use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?

2. Zeno of Elea followed what Eleatic school founder in believing that the nature of the universe was changeless and immobile?

3. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the Pythagorean view tied numbers to what?

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

5. The Renaissance roughly spanned the period of what centuries?

(see the answer key)

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