The Shallows Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Nicholas Carr
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Shallows Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Nicholas Carr
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Aristotle think the primary function of the human brain was?
(a) To process auditory signals.
(b) To keep the emotions in check.
(c) To keep the heart beating.
(d) To keep the body from overheating.

2. How does the brain's ability to adapt to changes shift as people age?
(a) The brain becomes less able to change as quickly as people age.
(b) The brain needs medication to be able to change as people age.
(c) The brain becomes more able to change as people age.
(d) The brain requires surgery to be able to change as people age.

3. Who was the inventor of the typewriter?
(a) Hans Rasmus Johann Malling-Hansen.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Johannes Burler.
(d) John Michael Gutenberg.

4. In what year was the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man published?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1984.

5. According to Carr, what did the widespread use of clocks do for civilization?
(a) Helped move societies from agrarian ones to more urban, higher-tech ones.
(b) Helped people maximize their productivity in terms of farming and harvesting food.
(c) Helped people stop missing appointments.
(d) Helped people keep Seasonal Affective Disorder in check.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year was Carr born?

2. How did much of the early evidence of neuroplasticity come about?

3. Who created the Hypercard application?

4. Which neuroscientist carried out ground-breaking experiments in the late 1960s that pioneered the ideas of neuroplasticity?

5. Who wrote the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man?

(see the answer key)

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