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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What development was the last stage of writing?
(a) The alphabet.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Phoenetics.
(d) The numeric system.

2. How did the drummers of Africa differentiate between similar words?
(a) The drummer added short descriptive phrases.
(b) The drummer added special emphasis.
(c) The drummer had to let those receiving the message figure out the right words.
(d) The main drummer was assisted by another drummer.

3. Seventeenth numerical tables were set up so that what factor could be learned about each number?
(a) The base number.
(b) The square root.
(c) Pi.
(d) The logarithm.

4. What word book by Robert Cawdrey was published first in 1604?
(a) The English Language.
(b) A Table Alphabeticall.
(c) Oxford English Dictionary.
(d) The Written Word.

5. What was Claude Shannon fascinated with?
(a) Electronics.
(b) Cryptograms.
(c) Communications.
(d) Computing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was provided in "A Table Alphabeticall"?

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

4. Why were there so many message errors with the early telegraph?

5. Who first thought of constructing a machine that could calculate logarithms?

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