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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?
(a) Maimonides.
(b) Nahmanides.
(c) Shlomo ben Aderet.
(d) Robert Wexler.

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians,” Leibniz wanted to use infinitesimals in calculus which were termed what?
(a) “ö.”
(b) “∞.”
(c) “dx.”
(d) “mi.”

3. René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician who spent most of his adult life where?
(a) Northern Africa.
(b) The Dutch Republic.
(c) South America.
(d) Great Britain.

4. In what written work did Aristotle describe Zeno of Elea’s paradox of motion?
(a) Theatre.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Physics.

5. The author states in Chapter 6, “Infinity’s Twin” that Carl Gauss realized that real and imaginary numbers could be what?
(a) Graphed together.
(b) Multiplied by zero.
(c) Divided by one another.
(d) Integrated into fractions.

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

3. Where was Carl Gauss from?

4. The preclassic Maya and their neighbors supposedly developed the concept of zero by what year?

5. Pythagoreanism was a cult that greatly influenced what philosophical system?

(see the answer key)

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