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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 89 - 132).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Five, what does Carr say we do not think of libraries as, even though they are?
(a) Publicly funded.
(b) Media technologies.
(c) Meeting places.
(d) The front lines of social welfare.

2. 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.

3. In Chapter Five, what does Carr argue that hyperlinks do in a text?
(a) Help us understand topics better.
(b) Strain our eyes.
(c) Propel us towards supplemental works.
(d) Re-wire the neural pathways in our brains.

4. 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) Small clay tokens with engraved symbols.
(b) Paint.
(c) Pencils.
(d) Stones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Carr, what did the widespread use of clocks do for civilization?

2. What publisher brought a book out in 2009 that had been created with Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software?

3. What kind of award did Eric Kandel win for his work on sea slugs in the 1970s?

4. What device does Carr buy in 1990 that increases his ability to connect to the nascent Internet?

5. Which former Rhodes Scholar and former student body president at Florida State University told Carr he does not read books any longer?

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