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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. 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) Stones.
(d) Pencils.

2. In Chapter Three, which of the following does Carr say is often not recognized by a technology's inventor?
(a) Its benefits.
(b) Its longevity.
(c) Its cost.
(d) Its intellectual ethic.

3. What did Aristotle think the primary function of the human brain was?
(a) To keep the body from overheating.
(b) To keep the heart beating.
(c) To process auditory signals.
(d) To keep the emotions in check.

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

5. How did much of the early evidence of neuroplasticity come about?
(a) Through experiments researches tracked on ultrasound machines.
(b) Through experiments about the movement of the right arm.
(c) Through experiments that studied the brain's reaction to injuries.
(d) Through experiments about language.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do determinists believe, according to Carr?

3. In Chapter Three, what does Carr say thinking is governed by in a purely oral culture?

4. What did Lee de Forest invent?

5. What did the psychologist Vaughan Bell saw the ability to focus on a single task represents in the history of psychological development?

(see the answer key)

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