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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Copernicus developed what kind of model of the universe?
(a) A geocentric model.
(b) A heliocentric model.
(c) A lunar centric model.
(d) A culture centric model.

2. The reason for the reform of the Gregorian calendar was to solidify what Christian holiday to a particular time of year?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Easter.
(c) Pascha.
(d) Passover.

3. The Italian word “zefiro,” meaning “west wind” derived from what Latin and Greek word?
(a) Zebra.
(b) Zyloph.
(c) Zephyrus.
(d) Sifr.

4. Ptolemy wrote what mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths?
(a) Physics.
(b) The Almagest.
(c) The Epicurean.
(d) The Golden Ratio.

5. Approximately when did Copernicus live?
(a) 1325-1342.
(b) 1401-1452.
(c) 1597-1652.
(d) 1473-1543.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did the Indians use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?

2. When did René Descartes live?

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

4. Zero is the only number that when added to itself does what?

5. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that Indian mathematicians first learned of zero from the Babylonians by way of what?

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