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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 god within Hinduism represents both creator and destroyer?
(a) Ganesha.
(b) Pavarti.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Kartikeya.
2. Pythagoreanism was a cult that greatly influenced what philosophical system?
(a) Athenism.
(b) Platonism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Hinduism.
3. Aristotle referred to Zeno of Elea as the inventor of what?
(a) The dialectic.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Algebra.
(d) The Zeno theorem.
4. In what written work did Aristotle describe Zeno of Elea’s paradox of motion?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Theatre.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Physics.
5. The word “Renaissance” derives from what meaning?
(a) Destruction.
(b) Rebirth.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Art.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that India adopted a Babylonian style number system around what century?
2. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that for the Indians, numerals without geometric significance gave birth to what field of mathematics?
3. The USS Yorktown was located off the coast of what location when the computer systems malfunctioned in September of 1997?
4. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on what increment?
5. René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician who spent most of his adult life where?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did mathematics and the concept of zero evolve in India through the 5th Century AD?
2. How did zero enter into Babylonian mathematics, according to the author in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?
3. What reason does the author give for why the Greeks and Romans resisted using zero in their mathematical systems in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?
4. What discoveries did Archimedes make in the mathematical world?
5. What Italian mathematician was responsible for the introduction of zero to Christianity and the Western world, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
6. How was zero dealt with in the Pythagorean view, according to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?
7. How does the author describe the ancient Greek and Roman mathematical systems in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?
8. How did Filippo Brunelleschi introduce the concept of zero to the Italian Renaissance?
9. How does the author assert zero’s existence has been responsible for mathematical progress in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?
10. How did Aristotle approach the concept of zero, according to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?
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