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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does heat travel?
(a) Heat can travel from a hot thing to a cold thing.
(b) Heat can travel from a cold thing to a hot thing.
(c) Heat can travel from a hot thing to a warm thing.
(d) Heat can travel from a hot thing to a hotter thing.

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

3. What was changing language at the time the first English dictionary was developed?
(a) Advanced education.
(b) International trade.
(c) Increased population.
(d) Travel and conquest.

4. 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?
(a) Its popularity.
(b) Its meaning.
(c) Its relevance.
(d) Its importance.

5. What was the Morse code based on?
(a) The alphabet.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Dots and dashes.
(d) Symbols.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did sub-Saharan African tribes communicate over long distances?

2. Who suggested that the meaning of the word "entropy" mean the opposite of what it was originally, to describe the part of energy which was available to be converted into work?

3. What language do the drums of what is now Zaire mimic?

4. What is a bit?

5. While working on plans for this "analytical engine," Babbage struck an acquaintance with what individual?

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