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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Indians adopted a Babylonian style number system, its base was what, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
(a) 60.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

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 multiply by zero error.
(b) A divide by zero error.
(c) An addition by zero error.
(d) A subtraction by zero error.

3. What word did the Arabs use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?
(a) Zephyr.
(b) Sifr.
(c) Zeno.
(d) Siro.

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

5. What in graphical perspective refers to a point in the picture plane π that is determined by a line in space?
(a) A vanishing point.
(b) A black hole.
(c) A hyperbole.
(d) A vector.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Bernhard Riemann born?

2. The ancient Babylonians are credited with the creation of what calculation tool?

3. The ancient Mayans used a numeral system that was based on what increment?

4. What refers to a system of tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church during the second half of the 16th Century?

5. The author says in Chapter 6, “Infinity’s Twin” that by employing the concept of infinity, Johannes Kepler showed that ellipses and what were the same?

(see the answer key)

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