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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language do the drums of what is now Zaire mimic?
(a) Zulu.
(b) Bantu.
(c) Swahili
(d) Kele.

2. How were telegraph messages priced?
(a) By the language the message was sent in.
(b) By the destination of the message.
(c) By the number of words.
(d) By the volume of messages.

3. Who was the sixth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) John Simpson.

4. What were the benefits of the early logarithm tables?
(a) Eliminated calculations.
(b) Cut down on errors and allowed for quicker calculations.
(c) Provided solutions.
(d) Made work easier.

5. What was the Morse code based on?
(a) Numbers.
(b) The alphabet.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Dots and dashes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the small device intended to replace bulky vacuum tubes perfected by Bell Laboratories called?

2. What new word did Claude Shannon, a mathematical researcher at Bell Labs, introduce in the in-house journal called "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"?

3. What word book by Robert Cawdrey was published first in 1604?

4. In the prologue to "The Information", what year does Gleick identify as a crucial year in the history of information and computing?

5. Why did businessmen immediately take to the telegraph?

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