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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the sixth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) John Simpson.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Thomas Edison.

2. In the prologue to "The Information", what year does Gleick identify as a crucial year in the history of information and computing?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1948.

3. A new interest in what pursuit arose following the rise of the telegraph?
(a) Cryptography.
(b) Writing.
(c) Computer Science.
(d) The telephone.

4. What was used in the earliest known method of writing language?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Codes.
(c) Zeroes and ones.
(d) Numbers.

5. What was difficult for people to accept about telegraph communications?
(a) Why a physical message wasn't necessary.
(b) That electricity was essential in sending the messages.
(c) That people could understand the tapping sounds.
(d) That it wasn't a fraud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Morse code comprised of?

2. What is the system of dots and dashes used to communicate telegrams called?

3. In what manner was "A Table Alphabeticall" arranged?

4. Gleick presents his intention to trace the growth of both the concept of information and information itself by identifying what key elements?

5. How were phonetic sounds represented in language?

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