1. What was the Pythagorean cult’s most sacred symbol because it contained the golden ratio?
(a) The diamond.
(b) The sphere.
(c) The pentagram.
(d) The hexagram.

2. The absolute value of a number may be thought of as its distance from what?
(a) Two.
(b) Zero.
(c) One.
(d) Itself.

3. During what decade did Henry VIII reject the Papal authority?
(a) The 1490s.
(b) The 1530s.
(c) The 1550s.
(d) The 1620s.

4. 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”?
(a) Division.
(b) Disintegration.
(c) Differentiation.
(d) Integration.

5. When was Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica first published?
(a) 1632.
(b) 1687.
(c) 1568.
(d) 1666.

Short Answer Questions

1. The system that equipped the USS Yorktown in 1996 and 1997 was predicted to save $2.8 million per year by reducing the ship’s complement by what percentage?

2. Filippo Brunelleschi famously engineered the dome of what cathedral?

3. What term in theoretical physics refers to an extension of string theory in which 11 dimensions of spacetime are identified?

4. What refers to a now-obsolete theory and model developed as an alternative to the Big Bang theory of the universe's origin?

5. The ancient Mayans used a numeral system that was based on what increment?

(see the answer key)

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