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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a young mathematician named Kurt Gödel conclude about conflicting statements?
(a) There were some statements that could neither be proved or disproved.
(b) That the Principia Mathematica was flawed and began his own work.
(c) There frequency represented only a .001 percent possibility of occurring.
(d) That Russell had made an error in basic structure of the Principia Mathematica.

2. How did Landauer disprove von Neumann's theory on the energy cost of information?
(a) Flipping a bit from one state to another did not change entropy..
(b) Through extensive experiments.
(c) He was supported by others who agreed with him.
(d) There was no lost of vitality.

3. Where was knowledge stored prior to the written word?
(a) In tribal strongholds.
(b) Word of wise men.
(c) By legend.
(d) In the mind.

4. Recognizing a famous painting like the Mona Lisa is attributed to what factor?
(a) Education.
(b) The meme.
(c) Bits.
(d) Memory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a closed system made up of a hot part and a cold part attain as the heat passes from the hot part to the cold part?

2. Why is the belief in God an enduring one?

3. What jobs were created to handle the increasing number of telephone calls?

4. What did Charles Bennet prove about energy cost?

5. What was the Morse code based on?

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