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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Seventeenth numerical tables were set up so that what factor could be learned about each number?
(a) The logarithm.
(b) The base number.
(c) The square root.
(d) Pi.

4. How did people save money in sending telegraph messages?
(a) By not using it.
(b) By compressing the message.
(c) By bribing the operators.
(d) By creating their own code.

5. Why are people able to recall the name of a tune?
(a) People love music.
(b) Recollection of tunes is stored in memes.
(c) They associate music with certain events.
(d) It makes them remember good times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the work known as the Principia Mathematica?

2. What did Shannon call the units of information that he was able to measure in a message?

3. In what manner was "A Table Alphabeticall" arranged?

4. Who developed a system of logic that would not have been possible without writing?

5. The early telegraph had trouble functioning under what conditions?

(see the answer key)

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