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

2. What is the modern meaning of "entropy"? "Entropy was not a kind of energy or an amount of energy," Gleick writes (p. 271). It was instead an abstract measurement of the unavailability of energy.
(a) an abstract measurement of the unavailability of cold.
(b) An abstract measurement of the unavailability of energy.
(c) an abstract measurement of the unavailability of capacity.
(d) an abstract measurement of the unavailability of heat.

3. Entropy is the physical equivalent of what state?
(a) Sequencing.
(b) Possibility.
(c) Probability.
(d) Normality.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Before "A Table Alphabeticall", how were most catalogs and word lists arranged?

2. What jobs were created to handle the increasing number of telephone calls?

3. What was the small device intended to replace bulky vacuum tubes perfected by Bell Laboratories called?

4. What does the word "entropy" describe in relationship to thermodynamics?

5. In what field was Charles Babbage an early pioneer?

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