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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name refers to sutra texts belonging to the Śrauta ritual and containing geometry related to fire-altar construction?
(a) Shulba Sutras.
(b) The Kartikeya.
(c) Yogi Sutras.
(d) Shavi Sutras.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when did Aristotle live?

2. Pythagoreanism was a cult that greatly influenced what philosophical system?

3. What in graphical perspective refers to a point in the picture plane π that is determined by a line in space?

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

5. The Italian word “zefiro,” meaning “west wind” derived from what Latin and Greek word?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe Islam’s history in the seventh century in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?

2. What reason does the author give for why the Greeks and Romans resisted using zero in their mathematical systems in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?

3. How does the author assert zero’s existence has been responsible for mathematical progress in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?

4. How are multiplication and division involving zero described in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?

5. How did Aristotle approach the concept of zero, according to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?

6. Where does the author claim zero was “born” in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”? How was zero involved in early mathematics?

7. What advancements in mathematics were made by René Descartes?

8. How does the author describe the ancient Greek and Roman mathematical systems in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?

9. How are ancient Babylonian mathematics described in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?

10. What theory was developed through Blaise Pascal’s mathematical approach to theology?

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