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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what institution did Harry L. Swinney earn his Ph.D.?
(a) Johns Hopkins University.
(b) The University of Illinois.
(c) The University of Bonn.
(d) Caltech.

2. What is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?
(a) Information theory.
(b) Physiology.
(c) Economics.
(d) Chaos theory.

3. In Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect," the author writes, "The Butterfly Effect acquired a technical name: sensitive dependence on _____________"?
(a) "Controlled conditions."
(b) "Initial conditions."
(c) "Random conditions."
(d) "Ideal conditions."

4. In what year was Mitchell Feigenbaum awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1977.

5. What is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena?
(a) Thermodynamics.
(b) Theoretical physics.
(c) Fluid dynamics.
(d) Bifurcation theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Edward Lorenz born?

2. What mathematical theorem states that every simply connected, closed 3-manifold is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere?

3. What was the profession of Benoit Mandelbrot's father?

4. When was Mitchell Feigenbaum born?

5. What was the name of the computer manufacturing and retail division of Royal Typewriter which made the early computers RPC 4000 and RPC 9000?

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