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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were phonetic sounds represented in language?
(a) By codes.
(b) By characters.
(c) By images.
(d) By numbers.

2. What society created the first numeric tables?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Roman.
(c) Babylonian.
(d) Egyptian.

3. Before "A Table Alphabeticall", how were most catalogs and word lists arranged?
(a) By frequency of use.
(b) By order of the king's scribe.
(c) By topic.
(d) By order of the philosophers.

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

5. What word book by Robert Cawdrey was published first in 1604?
(a) The Written Word.
(b) A Table Alphabeticall.
(c) Oxford English Dictionary.
(d) The English Language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the small device intended to replace bulky vacuum tubes perfected by Bell Laboratories called?

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

3. In the prologue to "The Information", what year does Gleick identify as a crucial year in the history of information and computing?

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

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

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