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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author asserts in Chapter 8, “Zero Hour at Ground Zero” that today astronomers estimate the universe as being how old?
(a) 10 billion years.
(b) 4 billion years.
(c) 2 billion years.
(d) 15 billion years.

2. Newton's notation for differentiation uses what symbol placed over a function name to denote the time derivative of that function?
(a) A line.
(b) A dot.
(c) An omega.
(d) An omicron.

3. What refers to the branch of mathematics concerned with finding tangent lines to curves, areas under curves, minima and maxima, and other geometric and analytic problems?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Infinitesimal calculus.
(d) Geometry.

4. In the photoelectric effect, electrons are emitted from solids, liquids or gases when they do what?
(a) Approach zero.
(b) Depict energy from light.
(c) Absorb energy from light.
(d) Reflect energy from light.

5. What kind of stars did the Hubble space telescope use to measure the size of the universe?
(a) Cepheid stars.
(b) White dwarfs.
(c) RR Lyrae stars.
(d) Hypergiant stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Lord Kelvin born?

2. Approximately when did Johannes Kepler live?

3. In physics or chemistry, what term refers to particles that are smaller than an atom?

4. The author states in Chapter 6, “Infinity’s Twin” that Carl Gauss realized that real and imaginary numbers could be what?

5. According to the author in Chapter 7, “Absolute Zeros,” thermodynamics led physicists to believe that light was not a particle but what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who devised the concept of a limit in calculus? What problems did the limit solve?

2. What problem does zero present when calculating tangent lines? What is a tangent?

3. What are differential equations? Who first developed differential equations?

4. What is expressed through the Rayleigh-Jeans law? How does this law relate to zero?

5. How is string theory described by the author in Chapter 8, “Zero Hour at Ground Zero”?

6. How did the field of quantum mechanics address the problem of zero in thermodynamics?

7. Who was Carl Gauss? What discovery did he make regarding imaginary numbers?

8. How were Georg Cantor’s mathematical principles applied to his theology? Who disagreed with his vision and why?

9. How did Max Planck address the problem of the ultraviolet catastrophe?

10. Who created calculus? How did calculus differ from the other mathematical fields, according to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians”?

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