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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was changing language at the time the first English dictionary was developed?
(a) Advanced education.
(b) Increased population.
(c) International trade.
(d) Travel and conquest.

2. What was the small device intended to replace bulky vacuum tubes perfected by Bell Laboratories called?
(a) The relay.
(b) The grid.
(c) The circuit.
(d) The transistor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were phonetic sounds represented in language?

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

3. Before "A Table Alphabeticall", how were most catalogs and word lists arranged?

4. How did sub-Saharan African tribes communicate over long distances?

5. Who was the sixth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary?

(see the answer key)

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