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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Italian word “zefiro,” meaning “west wind” derived from what Latin and Greek word?
(a) Zebra.
(b) Zyloph.
(c) Sifr.
(d) Zephyrus.

2. How is zero represented in Roman numerals?
(a) It is not represented.
(b) X.
(c) I.
(d) C.

3. What term refers to a formal system in which formulae of a formal language may be interpreted to be representing propositions?
(a) String theory.
(b) Classical physics.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Propositional calculus.

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

5. When was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born?
(a) 1711.
(b) 1611.
(c) 1646.
(d) 1559.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle referred to Zeno of Elea as the inventor of what?

2. Approximately when did Johannes Kepler live?

3. According to the author in Chapter 6, “Infinity's Twin,” “i” appears whenever one takes the square root of what?

4. 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?

5. The operation of finding the area under a curve is now called what, according to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians”?

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