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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were there so many message errors with the early telegraph?
(a) Untrained workers.
(b) Passing the messages between too many operators.
(c) Political unrest.
(d) Poor weather conditions.

2. Who invented the telegraph?
(a) Alexander Graham Bell.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Samuel Morse.

3. How did the drummers of Africa differentiate between similar words?
(a) The drummer had to let those receiving the message figure out the right words.
(b) The drummer added short descriptive phrases.
(c) The drummer added special emphasis.
(d) The main drummer was assisted by another drummer.

4. Gleick presents his intention to trace the growth of both the concept of information and information itself by identifying what key elements?
(a) The people and thinking that contributed to it.
(b) Society and culture.
(c) Nation and type of governance.
(d) Origin and reliability of sources.

5. All known alphabets are based on the original alphabet that emerged about 1500 B.C. in what area?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Asia.
(c) South America.
(d) The Mediterranean region.

Short Answer Questions

1. Seventeenth numerical tables were set up so that what factor could be learned about each number?

2. There was no "looking up" of information prior to what invention?

3. What culture grouped characters in categories such as tools, weapons, plants, animals, and buildings?

4. What development was the last stage of writing?

5. What machine was constructed by Charles Babbage?

(see the answer key)

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