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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pythagoreanism was a cult that greatly influenced what philosophical system?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Athenism.
(d) Platonism.

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

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

4. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that for the Indians, numerals without geometric significance gave birth to what field of mathematics?
(a) Physics.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Geometry.

5. When did René Descartes live?
(a) 1625-1706.
(b) 1436-1501.
(c) 1922-1969.
(d) 1596-1650.

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

7. Who founded the House of Wisdom that was established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq?
(a) Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī.
(b) Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
(c) Sahl ibn Harun.
(d) Hunayn ibn Ishaq.

8. Filippo Brunelleschi famously engineered the dome of what cathedral?
(a) Metz Cathedral.
(b) The Nidaros Cathedral.
(c) The Florence Cathedral.
(d) The Oulu Cathedral.

9. What symbol in the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70?
(a) Xi.
(b) Upsilon.
(c) Omega.
(d) Omicron.

10. The preclassic Maya and their neighbors supposedly developed the concept of zero by what year?
(a) 50 BC.
(b) 10 BC.
(c) 23 BC.
(d) 36 BC.

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

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

13. Aristotle was a student of what Classical Greek philosopher?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Plato.
(d) Pythagoras.

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

15. What refers to a system of tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church during the second half of the 16th Century?
(a) The Medieval Inquisition.
(b) The Roman Inquisition.
(c) The Spanish Inquisition.
(d) The Catalina Inquisition.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what decade did Henry VIII reject the Papal authority?

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

3. The reason for the reform of the Gregorian calendar was to solidify what Christian holiday to a particular time of year?

4. The ancient Egyptians are credited with creating what numerical system?

5. Whom does the author claim the Greeks learned about astronomy from in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?

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