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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. What is the name of the computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?
(a) Dave.
(b) Winifred.
(c) HAL.
(d) Wemberly.

2. What device does Carr buy in 1990 that increases his ability to connect to the nascent Internet?
(a) A Hypercard.
(b) A modem.
(c) A cyber-optic cable connector.
(d) An external hard drive.

3. In what year was the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man published?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1940.

4. Who was one of the inventors of BASIC, the first programming language to use common words and syntax?
(a) Nicholas Carr.
(b) Bill Richardson.
(c) John Kemeny.
(d) Steve Jobs.

5. Carr writes that the computer is our servant, but it is simultaneously which of the following?
(a) Our confidant.
(b) Our savior.
(c) Our friend.
(d) Our master.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which alphabet became the model for most Western alphabets, according to Carr?

2. Which university was at the forefront of computer programming and technological advances in the late 1970s, according to Carr?

3. What did Aristotle think the primary function of the human brain was?

4. Who was the inventor of the typewriter?

5. What kind of sea slugs did Eric Kandel perform experiments on in the early 1970s?

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