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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 library
B
The Man
C
The post office
D
The bank
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
Admitting women to the program
B
Allowing students to attend his classes for free
C
Forcing his students and staff to write all their papers in his simplified spelling
D
Allowing students to eat and drink in the library and school rooms
3) Dewey’s desire to reform lead to which establishment and innovation?
A
American Library Association (ALA) and the 3x5 card
B
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and the desk pad/blotter
C
Library of Congress Professional Association (LCPA) and paper clips
D
Scholastic Publishing and pocket protectors
4) In what year did Dewey transfer from the Columbia College Library to the New Your State Library?
A
1875
B
1929
C
1889
D
1901
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 mailbox
B
Their colored envelope on the message board
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
Cutler Fairchild’s cultural/inspirational/theoretical/historical vision remained
B
Dewey’s commerce/technical/practical vision remained
C
Both Dewey’s and Cutler Fairchild’s visions remained in some form
D
Neither
7) At the Lake Placid Club, a resort Dewey founded in 1895, you would not find which of the following things?
A
Desserts
B
Menus written in simplified spelling
C
Books
D
Alcohol
8) Dewey had one son, Godfrey. What major event did they plan together?
A
The ALA’s 50th Anniversary Gala
B
The 1st Academy Awards Ceremony
C
The 1932 Winter Olympics
D
USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) National Shrine invocation
9) After the death of his first wife, Dewey married Emily McKay Beal. She was…
A
The vice president and manager of the Lake Placid Club
B
A devout student of Mary Salome Cutler Fairchild’s
C
A cashier at the local Publix Super Market
D
A head librarian at New York State Library
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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