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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many documents and manuscripts was the Library of Alexandria supposed to have contained?
(a) 850,000.
(b) Half a million.
(c) A quarter million.
(d) 900,000.

2. Until what date did the Atlanta library only serve white patrons?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1960.

3. When was the Library of Alexandria burned and not rebuilt?
(a) 640 AD.
(b) 592 AD.
(c) 497 AD.
(d) 326 AD.

4. When did the Los Angeles Public Library update its circulation system?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2009.

5. When did the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang burn books and kill 400 scholars?
(a) 411 BC.
(b) 372 BC.
(c) 199 BC.
(d) 213 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Harry Peak's father do for a living?

2. When was John Szabo in graduate school for library science at the University of Michigan?

3. Where did Peggy Murphy begin her library career?

4. What day did the library burn?

5. Where was Harry hired as a valet once?

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