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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers?
(a) Mean of function.
(b) Harmonic mean.
(c) Frechet mean.
(d) Power mean.

3. The ancient Egyptians are credited with creating what numerical system?
(a) The geometrical system.
(b) The decimal system.
(c) The solar system.
(d) The symbolic system.

4. What work by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations in Arabic?
(a) The Death of the Prophet.
(b) Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing.
(c) An Index of Arabic Books.
(d) A book of Annals.

5. What term refers to the worship of multiple deities?
(a) Polytheism.
(b) Atertheism.
(c) Monotheism.
(d) Omnitheism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the fifth element that Aristotle proposed, in addition to earth, water, fire, and air?

2. The ancient Babylonians are credited with the creation of what calculation tool?

3. Approximately when did Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi live?

4. Approximately when did Pythagoras live?

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the Pythagorean view tied numbers to what?

(see the answer key)

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