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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 45 - 88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous work of Saint Augustine's does Carr reference in Chapter Four?
(a) Confessions.
(b) The DaVinci Code.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) Illuminati.

2. What device does Carr buy in 1990 that increases his ability to connect to the nascent Internet?
(a) A Hypercard.
(b) An external hard drive.
(c) A cyber-optic cable connector.
(d) A modem.

3. Who wrote the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man?
(a) Marshall McLuhan.
(b) Walter Winchell.
(c) Nicholas Carr.
(d) Merrion Crace.

4. How many categories does Carr claim our technologies can be divided into in Chapter Three?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

5. How does Carr himself contribute to Internet content by the mid-2000s?
(a) He becomes a user-interface professional for Apple.
(b) He becomes a blogger.
(c) He becomes a software engineer.
(d) He becomes a marketing chief for Google.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man published?

2. According to Carr, what did the widespread use of clocks do for civilization?

3. What skill was Socrates most well-known for?

4. What does Carr say was a feature of early writing that is hard for us to imagine today?

5. Theorist Marshall McLuhan said that media forms supply the stuff of thought and also do which of the following?

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