The Shallows Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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 C

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 II (Pages 45 - 88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Carr say he starts to have reservations and misgivings about how his time spent online is affecting him?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1985.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2007.

2. Where was Johannes Gutenberg born?
(a) Mainz.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

3. What kind of type did Johannes Gutenberg invent with the printing press?
(a) Two-tone.
(b) Bold.
(c) Immovable.
(d) Movable.

4. In Chapter Four, who does Carr claim were the first people to use a specialized medium for writing?
(a) The Arabs.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Europeans.
(d) The Sumerians.

5. What did the first civilizations in Mesopotamia use to write on?
(a) Stone.
(b) Paper.
(c) Clay.
(d) Wax.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Carr in Chapter Three, every technology is an expression of which of the following?

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

3. In Chapter Four, which of the following does Carr say became a prerequisite for intellectual achievement?

4. What skill was Plato best known for?

5. How did Francis Bacon say that Gutenberg's press affected the globe?

(see the answer key)

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