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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the fifth element that Aristotle proposed, in addition to earth, water, fire, and air?
(a) Aether.
(b) Volume.
(c) Sanctities.
(d) Metal.

2. The USS Yorktown was located off the coast of what location when the computer systems malfunctioned in September of 1997?
(a) Havana, Cuba.
(b) Cape Charles, Virginia.
(c) Del Norte, California.
(d) New York, New York.

3. What refers to an indeterminate polynomial equation that allows the variables to take integer values only?
(a) Derivative equation.
(b) Diophantine equation.
(c) Tangent equation.
(d) Differential equation.

4. Where was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz from?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Belgium.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Italian word “zefiro,” meaning “west wind” derived from what Latin and Greek word?

2. The author says in Chapter 6, “Infinity’s Twin” that by employing the concept of infinity, Johannes Kepler showed that ellipses and what were the same?

3. When the Indians adopted a Babylonian style number system, its base was what, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?

4. How was Giordano Bruno executed?

5. What term in geometry refers to a straight line that just touches a plane curve at a given point?

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