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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with the natural science of fluids (liquids and gases) in motion?
(a) Theoretical physics.
(b) Fractal basin boundaries.
(c) Fluid dynamics.
(d) Poincare conjecture.

2. Who is attributed with the following quote from Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos": "What else, when chaos draws all forced inward to shape a single leaf"?
(a) Michael Barnsley.
(b) Benoit Mandelbrot.
(c) Albert Libchaber.
(d) Conrad Aiken.

3. What is a concept in mathematics where a fixed rule describes the time dependence of a point in a geometrical space?
(a) Pattern formation.
(b) Dynamical system.
(c) Oscillation.
(d) Boundary layer.

4. At what institution did Albert Libchaber become a professor of physics in 1991?
(a) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Caltech.

5. According to Gleick, Albert Libchaber had a similar background to who, living as a refugee during World War II?
(a) Albert Libchaber.
(b) Benoit Mandelbrot.
(c) Michael Barnsley.
(d) Leo Kadanoff.

6. Albert Libchaber was a professor at what institution from 1983 to 1991?
(a) The University of Illinois.
(b) The Ecole Normale Supérieure.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) The University of Bonn.

7. In what year did Mitchell Feigenbaum complete his doctorate with a thesis on dispersion relations?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1970.

8. Gleick compares the Mandlebrot Set to what set in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
(a) The Julia Set.
(b) The Valerie Set.
(c) The Karen Set.
(d) The Martha Set.

9. Where is Michael Barnsley from?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Poland.

10. When was Harry L. Swinney born?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1907.

11. When was Heinz-Otto Peitgen born?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1945.

12. What is a measure of the resistance of a fluid which is being deformed by either shear stress or tensile stress?
(a) Physiology.
(b) Gradient.
(c) Viscosity.
(d) Cosmic arrhythmias.

13. Where was Mitchell Feigenbaum born?
(a) Biloxi, Mississippi.
(b) Hartford, Connecticut.
(c) Frankfort, Kentucky.
(d) New York, New York.

14. What company did Michael Barnsley found in 1987?
(a) The Dynamical Systems Collective.
(b) IBM.
(c) Xerox.
(d) Iterated Systems Incorporated.

15. Where did Albert Libchaber earn a M.S. degree in physics?
(a) The University of Bonn.
(b) The Ecole Normale Supérieure.
(c) The University of Illinois.
(d) The University of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what institution did Harry L. Swinney earn his Ph.D.?

2. From what institution did Heinz-Otto Peitgen earn his Ph.D.?

3. What were used to address deep issues in theoretical physics according to the author in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?

4. What will drain rapidly from large-scale motions to small-scale motions?

5. What refers to the spread of momentum between particles of matter, usually in the liquid state?

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