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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pythagoreanism was a cult that greatly influenced what philosophical system?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Platonism.
(d) Athenism.

2. Any number multiplied by zero equals what?
(a) 15.
(b) 0.
(c) -100.
(d) 1.

3. The preclassic Maya and their neighbors supposedly developed the concept of zero by what year?
(a) 50 BC.
(b) 36 BC.
(c) 23 BC.
(d) 10 BC.

4. Zeno of Elea followed what Eleatic school founder in believing that the nature of the universe was changeless and immobile?
(a) Parmenides.
(b) Aeschylus.
(c) Archimedes.
(d) Pythagoras.

5. What term refers to an argument that produces an inconsistency?
(a) Reprimand.
(b) Quantization.
(c) Dividend.
(d) Paradox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author refer to as “zero’s twin” in the book?

2. The ancient Egyptians are credited with creating what numerical system?

3. The reason for the reform of the Gregorian calendar was to solidify what Christian holiday to a particular time of year?

4. Whom does the author claim the Greeks learned about astronomy from in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?

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

(see the answer key)

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