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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 is unique about modern information?
(a) The speed at which people receive information.
(b) The different ways it is available.
(c) The amount of data available.
(d) The amount of data and the speed at which it travels.

2. What is the premise of the story by Jorge Luis Borges entitled, "Library of Babel"?
(a) The library encompasses everything thing that ever lived.
(b) The library encompasses everything in the universe.
(c) The library has the answers to all the mysteries of the universe.
(d) The library encompasses all the energy of the universe.

3. How were telegraph messages priced?
(a) By the destination of the message.
(b) By the number of words.
(c) By the volume of messages.
(d) By the language the message was sent in.

4. What process can measure the limits of the human mind?
(a) Information theory.
(b) Psychoanalytical evaluation.
(c) Knowledge management.
(d) Information technology.

5. How do scientists categorize catchphrases like "Survival of the fittest" and "Read my lips"?
(a) As memes.
(b) As bits.
(c) As memories.
(d) As bytes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the innovative concepts that Dawkins proposed in "The Selfish Gene"?

2. Who first defined the concept of "bandwith"?

3. How does Gleick see the universe?

4. Is quantum computing a real possibility?

5. How were phonetic sounds represented in language?

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