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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While working on plans for this "analytical engine," Babbage struck an acquaintance with what individual?
(a) Ada Lovelace.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) John Simpson.

3. What uses one symbol to represent one "minimal sound"?
(a) Sub-Saharan drums.
(b) The alphabet.
(c) Morse code.
(d) Radio waves.

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

5. In what manner was "A Table Alphabeticall" arranged?
(a) By popularity.
(b) By frequency of use.
(c) By importance.
(d) Alphabetically.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years ago was the first language established?

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

3. Who first thought of constructing a machine that could calculate logarithms?

4. What new word did Claude Shannon, a mathematical researcher at Bell Labs, introduce in the in-house journal called "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"?

5. What society created the first numeric tables?

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