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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Protestant Reformation begin?
(a) 1517.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1725.
(d) 1445.

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

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

4. What refers to a system in which the location of a point is given by coordinates that represent its distances from perpendicular lines that intersect at a point called the origin?
(a) Cartesian coordinate system.
(b) The Golden Ratio.
(c) The Pythagorean system.
(d) The Babylonian system.

5. What work by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations in Arabic?
(a) An Index of Arabic Books.
(b) The Death of the Prophet.
(c) Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing.
(d) A book of Annals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ptolemy wrote what mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths?

2. The Gregorian calendar replaced what calendar system in 1582?

3. What term refers to the worship of multiple deities?

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

5. When did Nicholas of Cusa live?

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