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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians,” Jean le Rond d'Alembert had satisfied the mathematician's need for what?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Logical rigor.
(c) Theology.
(d) An all-encompassing theory.

2. Bernhard Riemann was able to show how to generate the geometry for what, according to the author in Chapter 6, “Infinity’s Twin”?
(a) Light waves.
(b) Non-Euclidean spaces.
(c) Differential equations.
(d) Sound waves.

3. According to the author in Chapter 6, “Infinity’s Twin,” geometry shows that mathematically the north and south poles of spheres do what?
(a) Repel one another.
(b) Repeat one another.
(c) Turn into one another.
(d) Pull away from one another.

4. When was Jean le Rond d'Alembert born?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1717.
(c) 1659.
(d) 1701.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author notes in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing” that the West resisted the concept of zero for how many years?

2. Approximately when was Zeno of Elea born?

3. 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?

4. What mathematical term refers to a function giving an exact pairing of the elements of two sets?

5. Approximately when did Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi live?

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