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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) Euripedes.
(d) Plato.

2. Where was knowledge stored prior to the written word?
(a) Word of wise men.
(b) By legend.
(c) In the mind.
(d) In tribal strongholds.

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

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

5. In the prologue to "The Information", what year does Gleick identify as a crucial year in the history of information and computing?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1961.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What development was the last stage of writing?

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

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