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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) 5%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 20%.

2. In September of 1997, a crewmember entered a zero into the database field on the computers of the USS Yorktown, leading to what type of error?
(a) A divide by zero error.
(b) A subtraction by zero error.
(c) An addition by zero error.
(d) A multiply by zero error.

3. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the ratio of zero to any number is what?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) ∞.

4. During what decade did Henry VIII reject the Papal authority?
(a) The 1530s.
(b) The 1620s.
(c) The 1490s.
(d) The 1550s.

5. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on what increment?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 60.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the worship of multiple deities?

2. Aristotle referred to Zeno of Elea as the inventor of what?

3. 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”?

4. How was Giordano Bruno executed?

5. Approximately when did Aristotle live?

(see the answer key)

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