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Melvil Dewey - Quiz 2
Test Description: A multiple choice quiz on the life of Melvil Dewey. (Set 2 of 2)
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What establishment prevented Dewey from keeping his preferred name spelling?
A
The bank
B
The Man
C
The library
D
The post office
2) When Dewey was hired in 1883 at Columbia College, he convinced the board to allow him to open a library school. He was chastised for what aspect of the school?
A
Allowing students to attend his classes for free
B
Allowing students to eat and drink in the library and school rooms
C
Forcing his students and staff to write all their papers in his simplified spelling
D
Admitting women to the program
3) Dewey’s desire to reform lead to which establishment and innovation?
A
Scholastic Publishing and pocket protectors
B
Library of Congress Professional Association (LCPA) and paper clips
C
American Library Association (ALA) and the 3x5 card
D
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and the desk pad/blotter
4) In what year did Dewey transfer from the Columbia College Library to the New Your State Library?
A
1875
B
1929
C
1901
D
1889
5) Employees of Dewey's at the New York State office were required by Dewey to visit and check what preassigned area every day (if not multiple times a day) for notes and messages?
A
Their colored envelope on the message board
B
Their mailbox
C
Their pigeon hole
D
Their AOL inbox
6) In the ongoing battle between Dewey and Mary Salome Cutler Fairchild as to which direction to take the New York State Library school, whose educational goals prevailed after 1904?
A
Dewey’s commerce/technical/practical vision remained
B
Neither
C
Cutler Fairchild’s cultural/inspirational/theoretical/historical vision remained
D
Both Dewey’s and Cutler Fairchild’s visions remained in some form
7) At the Lake Placid Club, a resort Dewey founded in 1895, you would not find which of the following things?
A
Alcohol
B
Menus written in simplified spelling
C
Desserts
D
Books
8) Dewey had one son, Godfrey. What major event did they plan together?
A
The 1st Academy Awards Ceremony
B
The 1932 Winter Olympics
C
The ALA’s 50th Anniversary Gala
D
USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) National Shrine invocation
9) After the death of his first wife, Dewey married Emily McKay Beal. She was…
A
A head librarian at New York State Library
B
A devout student of Mary Salome Cutler Fairchild’s
C
The vice president and manager of the Lake Placid Club
D
A cashier at the local Publix Super Market
10) Melvil Dewey died on December 26, 1931. What headline tribute did the New York Post run on its editorial page?
A
Great Library Reformer Remembered
B
Melvil Dewey: Decimals for All
C
025.4 D51
D
Melvil Dewey, You’re Our Only Hope
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