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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what manner was "A Table Alphabeticall" arranged?
(a) By importance.
(b) By popularity.
(c) By frequency of use.
(d) Alphabetically.

2. There was no "looking up" of information prior to what invention?
(a) Printing machines.
(b) Publishing houses.
(c) Writing.
(d) Pen and ink.

3. What theory was not only useful in practical communications, but had applications in psychology, biology, and physics?
(a) The information theory.
(b) The M-Theory.
(c) The theory of relativity.
(d) The Quantum theory.

4. What was the goal of James Murray when he wrote the first Oxford English Dictionary in 1879?
(a) To limit the work to only proper English.
(b) To catalog the entire English language.
(c) To alphabetize all words.
(d) To provide the pronunciation of all words.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the drummers of Africa differentiate between similar words?

2. Where was knowledge stored prior to the written word?

3. What is the system of dots and dashes used to communicate telegrams called?

4. What uses one symbol to represent one "minimal sound"?

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

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