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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 is the name of the computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?
(a) Dave.
(b) Winifred.
(c) Wemberly.
(d) HAL.

2. In Chapter Three, what does Ong say that writing does for consciousness?
(a) Has a neutral effect on it.
(b) Heightens it.
(c) Diminishes it.
(d) Eclipses it.

3. What was one of the main drawbacks to scrolls?
(a) There was never enough ink to use on the scrolls.
(b) They were fragile.
(c) They were expensive.
(d) They were only used by the poorest people.

4. 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 stop missing appointments.
(c) Helped people maximize their productivity in terms of farming and harvesting food.
(d) Helped people keep Seasonal Affective Disorder in check.

5. When did the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing kill himself?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year was Carr born?

2. Who laid out a theory of dualism in his Meditations of 1641?

3. Carr writes that the computer is our servant, but it is simultaneously which of the following?

4. In Chapter Three, which of the following does Carr say is often not recognized by a technology's inventor?

5. About how much did Carr spend on his first real computer purchase in 1986?

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