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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the benefits of the early logarithm tables?
(a) Cut down on errors and allowed for quicker calculations.
(b) Made work easier.
(c) Eliminated calculations.
(d) Provided solutions.

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

3. Who devised a way to multiply and divide numbers by adding or subtracting their logarithms?
(a) Thomas Fincke.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) John Napier.

4. Who was the sixth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) John Simpson.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Lord Byron.

5. What were the interests of Charles Babbage, a brilliant Englishman who lived in the 19th century?
(a) Mathematics, engineering, cryptography, railroads, and industrial machinery.
(b) Philosophy and psychology.
(c) Prose and poetry.
(d) The history of discovery and travel.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word book by Robert Cawdrey was published first in 1604?

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

5. While working on plans for this "analytical engine," Babbage struck an acquaintance with what individual?

(see the answer key)

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