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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that the Indians borrowed Greek geometry but never worried about what?
(a) The diagonal of the square.
(b) Recording or calculating area.
(c) Symbols for numerals.
(d) The Pythagorean Theorem.

2. The word “Renaissance” derives from what meaning?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Rebirth.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Art.

3. Approximately when did Pythagoras live?
(a) 684-610 BC.
(b) 481-412 BC.
(c) 1200-1195 BC.
(d) 570-495 BC.

4. In September of 1997, a crewmember entered a zero into the database field on the computers of the USS Yorktown, leading to what type of error?
(a) A multiply by zero error.
(b) An addition by zero error.
(c) A divide by zero error.
(d) A subtraction by zero error.

5. 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?
(a) 35.
(b) 27.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

6. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the Pythagorean view tied numbers to what?
(a) Words.
(b) Shapes.
(c) Gods.
(d) Chakras.

7. What refers to the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers?
(a) Power mean.
(b) Mean of function.
(c) Frechet mean.
(d) Harmonic mean.

8. The Renaissance roughly spanned the period of what centuries?
(a) The 9th to the 14th Centuries.
(b) The 14th to the 17th Centuries.
(c) The 16th to the 19th Centuries.
(d) The 10th to the 12th Centuries.

9. What was the fifth element that Aristotle proposed, in addition to earth, water, fire, and air?
(a) Aether.
(b) Volume.
(c) Metal.
(d) Sanctities.

10. The House of Wisdom was based in Baghdad during what centuries?
(a) The 9th to 13th centuries.
(b) The 2nd to 6th centuries.
(c) The 5th to 7th centuries.
(d) The 12th to 17th centuries.

11. When did the Protestant Reformation begin?
(a) 1517.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1445.
(d) 1725.

12. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that India adopted a Babylonian style number system around what century?
(a) 6th Century.
(b) 5th Century.
(c) 2nd Century.
(d) 1st Century.

13. When the Indians adopted a Babylonian style number system, its base was what, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 60.

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

15. Approximately when was Zeno of Elea born?
(a) 560 BC.
(b) 230 BC.
(c) 490 BC.
(d) 459 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did the Indians use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?

2. How was Giordano Bruno executed?

3. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the learners” in Greek?

4. Zero is the only number that when added to itself does what?

5. The USS Yorktown was located off the coast of what location when the computer systems malfunctioned in September of 1997?

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