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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shannon bring to one of his meetings?
(a) A computer scientist.
(b) A computer.
(c) A robot.
(d) A newly developed programming language.

2. How can memes be altered?
(a) Through manipulation.
(b) Through mutation and manipulation.
(c) Through mutation.
(d) After a serious illness.

3. What type of lists did Babbage create about livestock, fabric, letter combinations in various languages and other facts?
(a) Random.
(b) Alphabetical.
(c) Numeric.
(d) Statistical.

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

5. What was Rolf Landauer's opinion of John von Neumann's theory on the energy cost of information?
(a) That it was accurate.
(b) That it needed to be expanded.
(c) That it was incomplete.
(d) That it was incorrect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about modern information?

2. What did Charles Bennet prove about energy cost?

3. What machine was constructed by Charles Babbage?

4. What theory was not only useful in practical communications, but had applications in psychology, biology, and physics?

5. There was no "looking up" of information prior to what invention?

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