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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were telegraph messages priced?
(a) By the volume of messages.
(b) By the destination of the message.
(c) By the language the message was sent in.
(d) By the number of words.

2. Gleick presents his intention to trace the growth of both the concept of information and information itself by identifying what key elements?
(a) Origin and reliability of sources.
(b) Nation and type of governance.
(c) The people and thinking that contributed to it.
(d) Society and culture.

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

4. How many words were contained in "A Table Alphabeticall?"
(a) 22,278.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 2,500.

5. What did the written language provide that helped to progress the intellect of mankind?
(a) Books.
(b) Permanence.
(c) Records.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. A new interest in what pursuit arose following the rise of the telegraph?

2. What were conflicting statements created by the Principia Mathematica called?

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

4. How did Bertrand Russell address conflicting results produced by the Principia Mathematica? the problem of these recursive paradoxes by simply making them against the rules of his formal system.

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

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