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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does the author claim the Greeks learned about astronomy from in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Egyptians.
(c) The Babylonians.
(d) The Mayans.

3. What term refers to the worship of multiple deities?
(a) Omnitheism.
(b) Polytheism.
(c) Monotheism.
(d) Atertheism.

4. According to the author in Chapter 6, “Infinity's Twin,” “i” appears whenever one takes the square root of what?
(a) A fraction.
(b) Zero.
(c) A negative number.
(d) Infinity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term in geometry refers to a straight line that just touches a plane curve at a given point?

2. How was Giordano Bruno executed?

3. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that the Indians borrowed Greek geometry but never worried about what?

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

5. What term refers to the religious or philosophical concept that the soul is reborn after biological death?

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