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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) Aristotle.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Euripedes.

2. How many years ago was the first language established?
(a) 100,000 years ago.
(b) Between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago.
(c) 50,000 years ago.
(d) Between 4,500 and 8,000 years ago.

3. What new word did Claude Shannon, a mathematical researcher at Bell Labs, introduce in the in-house journal called "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"?
(a) The bit.
(b) The relay.
(c) The circuit.
(d) The transistor.

4. What was provided in "A Table Alphabeticall"?
(a) The history of alphabets.
(b) Alphabets of the world.
(c) New words.
(d) Word meanings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was used in the earliest known method of writing language?

2. What did the written language provide that helped to progress the intellect of mankind?

3. What was the main form of communication in the late 1940s?

4. All known alphabets are based on the original alphabet that emerged about 1500 B.C. in what area?

5. What theory was not only useful in practical communications, but had applications in psychology, biology, and physics?

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