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

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 akousmatikoi.
(c) The mathēmatikoi.
(d) The Hippasusikoi.

2. 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) Move backward in time.
(c) Devour the black hole.
(d) Cross into space.

3. Approximately when did Johannes Kepler live?
(a) 1611-1669.
(b) 1571-1630.
(c) 1489-1550.
(d) 1501-1559.

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the ratio of zero to any number is what?
(a) ∞.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Gregorian calendar replaced what calendar system in 1582?

3. Albert Einstein proposed a static universe model as his preferred cosmology in what year?

4. What term refers to a physical constant that is the quantum of action in quantum mechanics?

5. When the Indians adopted a Babylonian style number system, its base was what, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?

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