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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 term refers to an argument that produces an inconsistency?
(a) Dividend.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Reprimand.
(d) Quantization.

2. What does the author refer to as “zero’s twin” in the book?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Infinity.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

3. 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.

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

5. How was Giordano Bruno executed?
(a) He was shot by firing squad.
(b) He was given lethal injection.
(c) He was burned at the stake.
(d) He was hung.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Copernicus live?

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

3. When did the Protestant Reformation begin?

4. Aristotle referred to Zeno of Elea as the inventor of what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the USS Yorktown to have a computer meltdown in 1997, according to the author in Chapter 0, “Null and Void”? How is the ship described?

2. How did the Protestant Reformation influence the Aristotelian philosophy in the West?

3. How was zero dealt with in the Pythagorean view, according to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?

4. How does the concept of zero relate to the beliefs of Hinduism?

5. What discoveries did Archimedes make in the mathematical world?

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

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

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

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

10. How does the author describe the relationship between early Christianity and zero in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?

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