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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word book by James Murray was first published in 1879?
(a) A Table Alphabeticall.
(b) The Birth of Writing.
(c) The First Language.
(d) Oxford English Dictionary.

2. The invention of what technology would make Shannon's theory of a computing machine practical?
(a) Network.
(b) Circuit.
(c) Grid.
(d) Transistor.

3. In the prologue to "The Information", what year does Gleick identify as a crucial year in the history of information and computing?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1932.

4. What did the study of thermodynamics not state about the movement of energy?
(a) That it traveled in random directions with no pattern.
(b) That it traveled in many directions.
(c) That it traveled in one direction.
(d) That it was dynamic.

5. What is the most probable state for an arrangement of molecules in a system?
(a) In an organized line.
(b) Constantly and randomly movement.
(c) In a jumble.
(d) In an arc.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the goal of James Murray when he wrote the first Oxford English Dictionary in 1879?

2. Shannon proposed a solution for overcoming extra noise in his communication model that mimicked what early communicators?

3. What development was the last stage of writing?

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

5. Why wasn't Shannon able to teach his computer to play a game?

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