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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can memes be altered?

2. What is an algorithm?

3. Why is the belief in God an enduring one?

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

5. What is DNA also known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was discovered through the study of thermodynamics about the movement of energy?

2. When was the term "cybernetics" coined and what meaning was attached to it?

3. What has research shown about entangled particles and the transference of information?

4. Norbert Weiner based his theory on what system of the human body?

5. What was mathematician Gregory Chatin's concept on entropy?

6. What comparison does the author make to the famous library at Alexandria?

7. What estimates did Seth Lloyd, a quantum engineer at MIT, make about the power of the universe?

8. What is the relationship between man and his memes?

9. What did Dawkins attribute the belief in God to?

10. What was the "Library of Babel" that was described in a story by Jorge Luis Borges?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did the telephone replace the telegraph as the most advanced form of communication? What advantages did the telephone have to the general public? Contrast the differences between the telephone an the telegraph.

Essay Topic 2

Explain in detail the drum communications methods of the sub-Saharan African tribes and how it relates to the Morse Code. What analysis was made of the Kele language and why was it important in understanding the transferring of information?

Essay Topic 3

Why is receiving too much information a problem? What innovations on the Internet have been developed to deal with the deluge of information it contains?

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