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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zero is the only number that when added to itself does what?
(a) Decreases.
(b) Turns into an imaginary number.
(c) Increases.
(d) Remains unchanged.

2. In September of 1997, a crewmember entered a zero into the database field on the computers of the USS Yorktown, leading to what type of error?
(a) A subtraction by zero error.
(b) A multiply by zero error.
(c) A divide by zero error.
(d) An addition by zero error.

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

4. Aristotle was a student of what Classical Greek philosopher?
(a) Pythagoras.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Archimedes.

5. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?
(a) Nahmanides.
(b) Maimonides.
(c) Robert Wexler.
(d) Shlomo ben Aderet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founded the House of Wisdom that was established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq?

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

3. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that the Indians borrowed Greek geometry but never worried about what?

4. What term refers to the religious or philosophical concept that the soul is reborn after biological death?

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

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