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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who coined the term “fermion” in particle physics?
(a) Filippo Brunelleschi.
(b) Paul Dirac.
(c) James Wilson.
(d) Socrates.

2. When was Jean le Rond d'Alembert born?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1701.
(c) 1659.
(d) 1717.

3. The sum of 0 numbers is 0, and the product of 0 numbers is what?
(a) ∞.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) -1.

4. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?
(a) Robert Wexler.
(b) Nahmanides.
(c) Maimonides.
(d) Shlomo ben Aderet.

5. 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?
(a) Move forward in time.
(b) Cross into space.
(c) Move backward in time.
(d) Devour the black hole.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, “Zero Hour at Ground Zero,” the author states that the Hubble telescope saw that most galaxies were flying away from one another by using red-shifting and blue-shifting effects, the cosmological equivalent of what?

2. What work by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations in Arabic?

3. The Italian word “zefiro,” meaning “west wind” derived from what Latin and Greek word?

4. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on what increment?

5. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that for the Indians, numerals without geometric significance gave birth to what field of mathematics?

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