1. What caused the errors that were contained in the tables of logarithms that had to be calculated themselves?
(a) Calculations.
(b) Calculations and printing errors.
(c) Printing errors.
(d) Under-educated workers.

2. What were the benefits of the early logarithm tables?
(a) Eliminated calculations.
(b) Cut down on errors and allowed for quicker calculations.
(c) Provided solutions.
(d) Made work easier.

3. What culture was the first to use a written language?
(a) Egyptian.
(b) Chinese.
(c) English.
(d) Italian.

4. How were phonetic sounds represented in language?
(a) By numbers.
(b) By characters.
(c) By codes.
(d) By images.

5. What did a young mathematician named Kurt Gödel conclude about conflicting statements?
(a) There frequency represented only a .001 percent possibility of occurring.
(b) There were some statements that could neither be proved or disproved.
(c) That Russell had made an error in basic structure of the Principia Mathematica.
(d) That the Principia Mathematica was flawed and began his own work.

Short Answer Questions

1. An alphabetical list did not take what element of the word into account at all, but mechanically placed it in a slot based on the order of the letters?

2. What did the written language provide that helped to progress the intellect of mankind?

3. What was used in the earliest known method of writing language?

4. What uses one symbol to represent one "minimal sound"?

5. in what year did John Carrington, an English missionary, publish "The Talking Drums of Africa"?

(see the answer key)

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