Very Short Introductions
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1. Which three types of person should read the Very Short Introductions according
to “A short introduction to Very Short Introductions”?
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2. How many VSIs are available on the subject of Music?
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3. Which titles are the most recent additions to the site?
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4. The image of which philosopher appears on page 46 of Education: A Short
Introduction? (Education)
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5. Who said, “I think I’m probably an atheist, but rather angry with God for not
existing”? (Religion)
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6. Which Very Short Introduction has the DOI
10.1093/actrade/9780199552221.001.0001?
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7. Which field of study was pioneered by Svante Arrhenius
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8. Find a chapter on multilingualism. Save this chapter to your Personal Profile
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10. Where can you find a chart illustrating the composition of the Oxford English
Corpus? (Literature)
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Answers
1. Students, scholars and the avidly curious
2. 8 (January 2014)
3. Humour, The Ice Age, Psychology, Revolutions (January 2014)
4. John Dewey
5. Terry Pratchett
6. Humour
7. Global warming
8. 9. 10. Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction/History
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