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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately when was Zeno of Elea born?
(a) 490 BC.
(b) 459 BC.
(c) 560 BC.
(d) 230 BC.

2. What region in the Middle East is widely considered to be the cradle of civilization?
(a) The Twin Towers.
(b) The Fertile Crescent.
(c) The Nile Region.
(d) The Mayan Region.

3. What symbol in the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70?
(a) Omicron.
(b) Omega.
(c) Upsilon.
(d) Xi.

4. The Gregorian calendar replaced what calendar system in 1582?
(a) The Aristotelian Calendar.
(b) The Julian Calendar.
(c) The Hipparchus’ Calendar.
(d) The Berber Calendar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The system that equipped the USS Yorktown in 1996 and 1997 was predicted to save $2.8 million per year by reducing the ship’s complement by what percentage?

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

3. Aristotle referred to Zeno of Elea as the inventor of what?

4. The author states in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing” that the concepts of infinity and the void frightened the ancient Greeks. They feared the infinite because it threatened the possibility of what?

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

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