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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author refer to as “zero’s twin” in the book?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Infinity.

2. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the learners” in Greek?
(a) The akousmatikoi.
(b) The mathēmatikoi.
(c) The omnimatioi.
(d) The Hippasusikoi.

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

4. The USS Yorktown was located off the coast of what location when the computer systems malfunctioned in September of 1997?
(a) Cape Charles, Virginia.
(b) Del Norte, California.
(c) Havana, Cuba.
(d) New York, New York.

5. Approximately when did Pythagoras live?
(a) 684-610 BC.
(b) 1200-1195 BC.
(c) 570-495 BC.
(d) 481-412 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on what increment?

2. In what written work did Aristotle describe Zeno of Elea’s paradox of motion?

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?

4. Approximately when did Aristotle live?

5. What was the Pythagorean cult’s most sacred symbol because it contained the golden ratio?

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