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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician who spent most of his adult life where?
(a) The Dutch Republic.
(b) Northern Africa.
(c) South America.
(d) Great Britain.

2. 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 Catalina Inquisition.
(b) The Spanish Inquisition.
(c) The Medieval Inquisition.
(d) The Roman Inquisition.

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

4. Where was Giordano Bruno from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) France.

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

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

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

8. The ancient Egyptians used math to create what type of calendar?
(a) A lunar calendar.
(b) A geocentric calendar.
(c) A plexus calendar.
(d) A solar calendar.

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

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

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

12. The Gregorian calendar replaced what calendar system in 1582?
(a) The Julian Calendar.
(b) The Berber Calendar.
(c) The Aristotelian Calendar.
(d) The Hipparchus’ Calendar.

13. 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) 14.
(b) 35.
(c) 27.
(d) 10.

14. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the listeners” in Greek?
(a) The akousmatikoi.
(b) The omnimatioi.
(c) The Hippasusikoi.
(d) The mathēmatikoi.

15. 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?
(a) 5%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 10%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Renaissance roughly spanned the period of what centuries?

3. Approximately when did Aristotle live?

4. What branch of mathematics are the ancient Egyptians credited with creating in order to successfully build objects to block the flooding of the Nile River each year?

5. How was Giordano Bruno executed?

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