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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. In Chapter Three, what does Carr say Theuth thought about the art of writing?
(a) He thought it would lead to uprisings against the ruling classes.
(b) He thought it would lead to unrest among the farmers.
(c) He thought it would lead people to more secular lives.
(d) He thought it would make Egyptians wiser and improve their memories.

2. What did Samuel Johnson do on the night of April 18, 1775, when he visited the library at Cambridge's grand villa?
(a) Shove books in his leather bag to steal for later.
(b) Start tearing pages from the books he was interested in.
(c) Light every book on fire.
(d) Dash to the shelves to read the titles on the spines of the books.

3. 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 Yellow Wallpaper.
(b) The Demon Lover.
(c) The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
(d) The Stranger.

4. Who were the first people to start manufacturing scrolls of papyrus?
(a) Egyptians.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Europeans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the rise of silent reading change the architecture of libraries, according to Carr?

2. In Chapter Six, what does Carr cite Alphonse de Lamartine as predicting in 1831?

3. What does the researcher Nicole Speer say about the act of deep reading?

4. When did Nathaniel Hawthorne write about the advantages of people spending time in nature?

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

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