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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ancient Egyptians are credited with creating what numerical system?
(a) The decimal system.
(b) The geometrical system.
(c) The solar system.
(d) The symbolic system.

2. When was Bernhard Riemann born?
(a) 1779.
(b) 1629.
(c) 1826.
(d) 1896.

3. Where was Giordano Bruno from?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

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

5. 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”?
(a) South America.
(b) Muslim Spain.
(c) Ancient Egypt.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Calculus allowed Newton to combine the known natural laws of physics into one grand set of laws that could be expressed as what?

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

3. When did René Descartes live?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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