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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The House of Wisdom was based in Baghdad during what centuries?
(a) The 2nd to 6th centuries.
(b) The 5th to 7th centuries.
(c) The 12th to 17th centuries.
(d) The 9th to 13th centuries.

2. In 1996 and 1997, the USS Yorktown was equipped with a network of how many dual 200 MHz Pentium Pro-based computers running Windows NT 4.0?
(a) 27.
(b) 35.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

3. What branch of mathematics are the ancient Egyptians credited with creating in order to successfully build objects to block the flooding of the Nile River each year?
(a) Projective physics.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

4. What word did the Arabs use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?
(a) Zephyr.
(b) Siro.
(c) Sifr.
(d) Zeno.

5. How many minutes made up an hour in the ancient Greek system?
(a) 100.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what decade did Henry VIII reject the Papal authority?

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

3. The author notes in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing” that the West resisted the concept of zero for how many years?

4. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the learners” in Greek?

5. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that the Indians borrowed Greek geometry but never worried about what?

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