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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was difficult for people to accept about telegraph communications?
(a) That it wasn't a fraud.
(b) Why a physical message wasn't necessary.
(c) That electricity was essential in sending the messages.
(d) That people could understand the tapping sounds.

3. What development was the last stage of writing?
(a) The numeric system.
(b) Phoenetics.
(c) The alphabet.
(d) Symbolism.

4. How did people save money in sending telegraph messages?
(a) By not using it.
(b) By bribing the operators.
(c) By creating their own code.
(d) By compressing the message.

5. Who invented the telegraph?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Alexander Graham Bell.
(d) Samuel Morse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How were phonetic sounds represented in language?

3. What code did Claude Shannon apply to relay switches which could either be open or closed?

4. What did a young mathematician named Kurt Gödel conclude about conflicting statements?

5. What culture grouped characters in categories such as tools, weapons, plants, animals, and buildings?

(see the answer key)

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