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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the listeners” in Greek?
(a) The omnimatioi.
(b) The Hippasusikoi.
(c) The akousmatikoi.
(d) The mathēmatikoi.

2. Filippo Brunelleschi famously engineered the dome of what cathedral?
(a) The Florence Cathedral.
(b) The Oulu Cathedral.
(c) Metz Cathedral.
(d) The Nidaros Cathedral.

3. Approximately when was Giordano Bruno born?
(a) 1366.
(b) 1459.
(c) 1623.
(d) 1548.

4. What god within Hinduism represents both creator and destroyer?
(a) Pavarti.
(b) Kartikeya.
(c) Ganesha.
(d) Shiva.

5. How is the Planck relation expressed?
(a) E=xy.
(b) E=hv.
(c) E=mc⅍.
(d) E=mvi.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what years did Georg Cantor live?

2. Copernicus developed what kind of model of the universe?

3. When was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born?

4. Who founded the House of Wisdom that was established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq?

5. How was Giordano Bruno executed?

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