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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chaitin determine about most numbers?
(a) That they are not computable.
(b) That they are computable.
(c) That they have complex alogarithms.
(d) That they can be compressed to manageable entities.

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

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

4. How was the machine created by Charles Babbage received?
(a) It was very well received in the mathematics community.
(b) It received government backing but was not considered practical.
(c) It failed to receive governmental backing.
(d) It was very well received in academia.

5. What uses one symbol to represent one "minimal sound"?
(a) Morse code.
(b) The alphabet.
(c) Radio waves.
(d) Sub-Saharan drums.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the prologue to "The Information", what year does Gleick identify as a crucial year in the history of information and computing?

2. What was used in the earliest known method of writing language?

3. Why are people able to recall the name of a tune?

4. What is the system of dots and dashes used to communicate telegrams called?

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

(see the answer key)

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