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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who founded the House of Wisdom that was established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq?
(a) Hunayn ibn Ishaq.
(b) Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī.
(c) Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
(d) Sahl ibn Harun.

2. What was the fifth element that Aristotle proposed, in addition to earth, water, fire, and air?
(a) Volume.
(b) Aether.
(c) Sanctities.
(d) Metal.

3. Approximately when did Aristotle live?
(a) 601-548 BC.
(b) 214-181 BC.
(c) 384-322 BC.
(d) 520-459 BC.

4. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that Indian mathematicians first learned of zero from the Babylonians by way of what?
(a) The Roman conquest.
(b) The British Empire.
(c) The Greek conquest.
(d) The Spanish Inquisition.

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the ratio of zero to any number is what?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) ∞.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle was a student of what Classical Greek philosopher?

2. Where does the author say early medieval Jews took up residence and discovered that Aristotle’s aversion to zero contradicted Jewish theology in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?

3. 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?

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

5. Approximately when did Pythagoras live?

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