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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who developed a system of logic that would not have been possible without writing?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Euripedes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

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

3. All known alphabets are based on the original alphabet that emerged about 1500 B.C. in what area?
(a) Asia.
(b) South America.
(c) The Mediterranean region.
(d) Egypt.

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

5. How was "A Table Alphabeticall" intended to help people?
(a) To learn the history of language.
(b) To understand the alphabets of the world.
(c) The learn the alphabet.
(d) To better understand the use of words.

Short Answer Questions

1. There was no "looking up" of information prior to what invention?

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

3. An alphabetical list did not take what element of the word into account at all, but mechanically placed it in a slot based on the order of the letters?

4. Who invented the telegraph?

5. What word book by James Murray was first published in 1879?

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