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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. in what year did John Carrington, an English missionary, publish "The Talking Drums of Africa"?
(a) 1902
(b) 1845
(c) 1972
(d) 1949

2. What caused the errors that were contained in the tables of logarithms that had to be calculated themselves?
(a) Printing errors.
(b) Calculations and printing errors.
(c) Calculations.
(d) Under-educated workers.

3. Why did Lovelace publish her mathematical arguments anonymously?
(a) Women were not expected to engage in scientific or academic efforts.
(b) She didn't want to embarrass her father.
(c) She didn't want to appear more intelligent than Babbage.
(d) She wasn't sure her arguments were correct.

4. What was the goal of James Murray when he wrote the first Oxford English Dictionary in 1879?
(a) To catalog the entire English language.
(b) To provide the pronunciation of all words.
(c) To limit the work to only proper English.
(d) To alphabetize all words.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many words were contained in "A Table Alphabeticall?"

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

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

4. What machine was constructed by Charles Babbage?

5. What was changing language at the time the first English dictionary was developed?

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