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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz from?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

2. What term in geometry refers to a straight line that just touches a plane curve at a given point?
(a) A gravitational pull.
(b) A tangent.
(c) A hyperbole.
(d) A divergent.

3. The author notes in Chapter 6, “Infinity's Twin” that multiplying zero or infinity by itself equals what?
(a) Its inverse.
(b) Its negative.
(c) One.
(d) Itself.

4. The introduction of nothingness and zero into Jewish theology led in part to what offshoot Jewish mysticism?
(a) Hasidism.
(b) Orthodoxy.
(c) Sufism.
(d) Kabbalism.

5. Aristotle referred to Zeno of Elea as the inventor of what?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Algebra.
(c) The dialectic.
(d) The Zeno theorem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rule in calculus uses derivatives to help evaluate limits involving indeterminate forms?

2. The ancient Egyptians used math to create what type of calendar?

3. 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?

4. Approximately when did Copernicus live?

5. The ancient Egyptians are credited with creating what numerical system?

(see the answer key)

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