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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who first thought of constructing a machine that could calculate logarithms?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Charles Babbage.
(c) John Napier.
(d) Issac Newton.

4. Where is DNA found?
(a) In newly forming cells.
(b) Within the cells of every human being.
(c) In the cells of the nervous system.
(d) Within the cells of every living thing.

5. Prior to the electric telegraph, an invention by the same name was created by Claude Chappe and his brothers during what conflict?
(a) The Russian Revolution.
(b) World War I.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The Spanish-American War.

Short Answer Questions

1. The invention of what technology would make Shannon's theory of a computing machine practical?

2. When were computers first unveiled?

3. How many words were contained in "A Table Alphabeticall?"

4. What was the intent of the Principia Mathematica?

5. What results when a closed system's temperature evens out?

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