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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what decade did Henry VIII reject the Papal authority?
(a) The 1550s.
(b) The 1530s.
(c) The 1490s.
(d) The 1620s.

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

3. How many minutes made up an hour in the ancient Greek system?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 60.
(d) 100.

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

5. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the learners” in Greek?
(a) The Hippasusikoi.
(b) The omnimatioi.
(c) The akousmatikoi.
(d) The mathēmatikoi.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the ratio of zero to any number is what?

2. How was Giordano Bruno executed?

3. Approximately when did Pythagoras live?

4. The House of Wisdom was based in Baghdad during what centuries?

5. Approximately when was Giordano Bruno born?

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