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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle was a student of what Classical Greek philosopher?
(a) Pythagoras.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

2. What branch of mathematics are the ancient Egyptians credited with creating in order to successfully build objects to block the flooding of the Nile River each year?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Quantum mechanics.
(d) Projective physics.

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

4. Whom does the author claim the Greeks learned about astronomy from in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?
(a) The Babylonians.
(b) The Mayans.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Egyptians.

5. Absolute zero has no energy and is unattainable for what reason?
(a) Any attempt to get a space to absolute zero requires a black hole.
(b) Any attempt to get a space to absolute zero requires infinity.
(c) Any attempt to get a space to absolute zero exerts energy.
(d) Any attempt to get a space to absolute zero requires string distribution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Copernicus live?

2. When was Bernhard Riemann born?

3. According to the author in Chapter 8, “Zero Hour at Ground Zero,” some physicists think the merging of a particle and a black hole creates a tachyon or a particle with imaginary mass that could do what?

4. How is zero represented in Roman numerals?

5. During what decade did Henry VIII reject the Papal authority?

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