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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. In which year was Carr born?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1990.

2. What does the Turning Test designed to measure?
(a) A machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior that is equal to, or even indistinguishable from, a human's.
(b) The bandwith of fiber optic cables.
(c) Signal strength of transistors.
(d) The strength of a code.

3. How does Carr say the Net differs most from much of the mass media it has displaced?
(a) It is bidirectional.
(b) It is more accessible.
(c) It is cheap.
(d) It is democratic.

4. What else besides repeated physical actions can rewire the human brain?
(a) Herbs and spices.
(b) Having and walking a dog every day.
(c) Direct exposure to bright sunlight.
(d) Purely mental activity.

5. Which former Rhodes Scholar and former student body president at Florida State University told Carr he does not read books any longer?
(a) James Murphy.
(b) Fred Armisen.
(c) John Sonyar.
(d) Joe O'Shea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill was Plato best known for?

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

3. Who were the first people to start manufacturing scrolls of papyrus?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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