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1.22.
CIANENMQNFNQEGUUSAYXLGKGBNMTDY
.
This is a quote from
Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891)
taken from
“ Une Sai-
son en enfer” (1873)
. Rimbaud was a sometimes controversial French poet.
1.23.
BZIEGNFZNFNQEGUUYBG
ABMMIBRCSIUCNGNLSZUITEUY
.
This is a quote from
Sa'DI (Musharrif-uddin) (1184-1291)
taken from
Chapter 8, maxim 44, of
“Gullistan” [Rose Garden](circa 1258)
. Sa'DI
was a Persian poet.
1.24.
BZRFOWXONGBXUEIODQRNLWINNQ
.
This is a quote from Lucius Annaeus Seneca
(
the Younger
) (circa 4 BC-65
AD)
taken from
“Epistolae Morales”
. Seneca was a Spanish-born Roman
statesman and philosopher.
In Exercises 1.25-1.28, use the Vigenere cipher with the keyphrase given in
Example 1.4 on page 57 to decrypt the ciphertext.
1.25.
FTVSPUVLOJQAGWYKGRBQWMQYIHIIUSLNWSSR
.
This is a quote from
Pedro Caldaron De La Barca (1600-1681)
taken from
“La Vida es Sueno” [Life is a Dream]
. He was a Spanish dramatist and
poet.
1.26.
PCVEQWWFWIFPSWDIJZWMTBTQXMMLPW
.
This is a quote from
Claude Bernard (1813-1878)
taken from
“Lecons de
pathologie experimentale”
. Bernard was a French scientist.
1.27.
FFRAUNPJKRVXRWZYSYQZULOLOUHKIWBF
.
This is a quote from
Virgil (70-19 BC).
Vigil, known formally as
Publius
Vergilius Maro
, and was a Roman poet. See the story of Troy on pages 24
and 25 for an explanation of the reason behind the quote.
1.28.
LFNRPMOSDKTWMNQBZMZG
.
This is a quote from
Virgil (see Exercise 1.27).
This quote is the opening
line of “The Aeneid”, written in 19 BC.
G.2 Chapter 2 Exercises
In Exercises 2.1-2.4, use the Playfair/Wheatstone cipher described on page
68 to decipher each cryptogram.
2.1.
ZVKTCSZOFCUHTYUHVNODACUVJDGE
This is a quote from
Menander (circa 342-291 BC)
taken from
“Monos-
ticha”
. Menander was a Greek comic dramatist.
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