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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood Quiz

James Gleick
This Study Guide consists of approximately 29 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Information.

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood Quiz

James Gleick
This Study Guide consists of approximately 29 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Information.

Take our free The Information quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

The invention of what technology would make Shannon's theory of a computing machine practical? (from Chapter 7)

2.

How did 17th-century scholar Robert Burton react to information? (from Chapter 15 and Epilogue)

3.

Claude Shannon and Alan Turing were working on separate cryptography project and shared what astounding possibility? (from Chapter 7)

4.

What time of memory is most limited? (from Chapter 8)

5.

What did Chaitin propose using to express a computable number into another form? (from Chapter 12)

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