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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. Which university was at the forefront of computer programming and technological advances in the late 1970s, according to Carr?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Dartmouth University.
(c) Penn State University.
(d) Florida State University.

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

3. How did most literate Greek and Romans consume literature in the earliest days of the written word, according to Carr in Chapter Four?
(a) Slaves read to them.
(b) They always had their children read to them.
(c) They went to mass where the priests read the religious texts to congregations.
(d) They had crude recordings of the authors reading their own works.

4. How many categories does Carr claim our technologies can be divided into in Chapter Three?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

5. In Chapter Five, which newspaper does Carr cite as ceasing its print edition in 2009?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) The Christian Science Monitor.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill was Socrates most well-known for?

2. What kind of type did Johannes Gutenberg invent with the printing press?

3. What was one of the main drawbacks to scrolls?

4. What does Carr say he finds himself trapped in by the mid-1990s relating to computer equipment purchasing?

5. According to Carr, language itself is NOT which of the following?

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