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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bosonic string theory was developed in what decade?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1980s.

2. Approximately when did Aristotle live?
(a) 601-548 BC.
(b) 520-459 BC.
(c) 384-322 BC.
(d) 214-181 BC.

3. In particle physics, what refers to a proposed symmetry of nature relating two basic classes of elementary particles: bosons and fermions?
(a) A limit.
(b) A black hole.
(c) Verisimilitude.
(d) Supersymmetry.

4. What term refers to space that is empty of matter?
(a) Limit.
(b) Zero.
(c) Vacuum.
(d) Derivative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a system in which the location of a point is given by coordinates that represent its distances from perpendicular lines that intersect at a point called the origin?

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians,” Leibniz wanted to use infinitesimals in calculus which were termed what?

3. Approximately when was Zeno of Elea born?

4. In 1996 and 1997, the USS Yorktown was equipped with a network of how many dual 200 MHz Pentium Pro-based computers running Windows NT 4.0?

5. The absolute value of a number may be thought of as its distance from what?

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