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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main form of communication in the late 1940s?
(a) Letters.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The telegraph.
(d) Special couriers.

2. What culture was the first to use a written language?
(a) Italian.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) English.
(d) Chinese.

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

4. What word book by James Murray was first published in 1879?
(a) The First Language.
(b) The Birth of Writing.
(c) A Table Alphabeticall.
(d) Oxford English Dictionary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shannon bring to one of his meetings?

2. Chaotic looking numbers may have simplistic algorithms but why are many difficult to determine?

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

4. Gleick presents his intention to trace the growth of both the concept of information and information itself by identifying what key elements?

5. What is the relationship between humans and memes?

(see the answer key)

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