The Shallows Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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 E

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 IV (Pages 133 - 176).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which short story did Canadian researchers ask subjects to read in 2001 as a way of testing how people retain information when reading in different formats?
(a) The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
(b) The Yellow Wallpaper.
(c) The Demon Lover.
(d) The Stranger.

3. As long ago as 8000 BC, what were some people using to keep track of livestock and other good for trading, according to Carr?
(a) Pencils.
(b) Stones.
(c) Paint.
(d) Small clay tokens with engraved symbols.

4. In Chapter Eight, what does Carr say about the lives of Internet companies?
(a) Their biggest challenge is getting start-up money.
(b) Their biggest challenge is finding talent to run them.
(c) They are rarely nasty or brutish, but they do tend to be short.
(d) They often burn themselves out.

5. What does Carr say he finds himself trapped in by the mid-1990s relating to computer equipment purchasing?
(a) A cycle of debt.
(b) A frustrating cycle of devices breaking and Carr needing to spent a lot of money to replace them.
(c) A process of trying to keep up with friends by purchasing the latest equipment.
(d) An upgrade cycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Five, what does Carr argue that hyperlinks do in a text?

2. In Chapter Seven, what does Carr say the Net delivers to users on a daily basis through its high-speed system?

3. In Chapter Five, which newspaper does Carr cite as ceasing its print edition in 2009?

4. In Chapter Five, what does Carr say happens to other media as the Net expands?

5. How many categories does Carr claim our technologies can be divided into in Chapter Three?

(see the answer key)

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