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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When was Lord Kelvin born?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1824.
(d) 1898.

4. Approximately when did Johannes Kepler live?
(a) 1489-1550.
(b) 1611-1669.
(c) 1501-1559.
(d) 1571-1630.

5. The absolute value of a number may be thought of as its distance from what?
(a) Itself.
(b) Two.
(c) Zero.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when did Aristotle live?

2. In the middle of the 20th Century, Hendrik Casmir and what other Dutch physicist proposed the existence of a force between two polarizable atoms?

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

4. During what years did Georg Cantor live?

5. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the learners” in Greek?

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