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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Filippo Brunelleschi was born in approximately what year?
(a) 1414.
(b) 1377.
(c) 1520.
(d) 1601.

2. Approximately when did Aristotle live?
(a) 384-322 BC.
(b) 520-459 BC.
(c) 601-548 BC.
(d) 214-181 BC.

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

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

5. Zeno of Elea followed what Eleatic school founder in believing that the nature of the universe was changeless and immobile?
(a) Parmenides.
(b) Pythagoras.
(c) Archimedes.
(d) Aeschylus.

6. 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) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 27.

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

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

9. How is zero represented in Roman numerals?
(a) X.
(b) I.
(c) It is not represented.
(d) C.

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

11. What region in the Middle East is widely considered to be the cradle of civilization?
(a) The Mayan Region.
(b) The Nile Region.
(c) The Twin Towers.
(d) The Fertile Crescent.

12. 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.

13. 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?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Projective physics.
(d) Algebra.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Pythagorean cult’s most sacred symbol because it contained the golden ratio?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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