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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What culture was the first to use a written language?
(a) English.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Italian.
(d) Chinese.

3. What game did Shannon plan to teach his computer to play?
(a) Solitaire.
(b) Gin rummy.
(c) Chess.
(d) Monopoly.

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

5. According to Psychologist George Miller, what type of process takes place in the mind relative to the information it receives?
(a) The rejection of too much information.
(b) The selection of relevant information.
(c) The ranking of important to less important information.
(d) The simplification of information.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the word "cybernetics" mean?

4. Prior to the electric telegraph, an invention by the same name was created by Claude Chappe and his brothers during what conflict?

5. How was the machine created by Charles Babbage received?

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