Test Your Knowledge: Quiz

We’ll explore the concepts introduced in this chapter in more detail in upcoming chapters, so we’ll just cover the big ideas here:

 

 
  1. Name four of Python’s core data types.
  2. Why are they called “core” data types?
  3. What does “immutable” mean, and which three of Python’s core types are considered immutable?
  4. What does “sequence” mean, and which three types fall into that category?
  5. What does “mapping” mean, and which core type is a mapping?
  6. What is “polymorphism,” and why should you care?