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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 177 - 224).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book of Steven Johnson's does Carr cite in Chapter Seven?
(a) Computers Galore.
(b) Everything Bad is Good For You.
(c) The Computational World and the Brain.
(d) The Age of Internet Addiction.

2. Which researcher carried out the first studies that showed people's brains changing in response to Internet use?
(a) Nicole Speer.
(b) Gary Small.
(c) Michael Mezenich.
(d) Gayle Peterson.

3. 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 New York Times.
(d) The Washington Post.

4. What did the researcher Eric Kandel demonstrate in the early 1970s through is research?
(a) Hearing some information as well as writing it reinforces memory in children.
(b) Reading a book on paper is better than reading it online from a memory retention point of view.
(c) Writing in longhand helps people remember the content better than typing it does.
(d) Synapses change with experience.

5. How does Carr report that the layout of the Bronx Library Center has recently changed in Chapter Five?
(a) The books and computers are both in the center.
(b) At the center are the people, and the computers and books are at the margins.
(c) At the center are the books, and the computers are at the margins.
(d) At the center are Internet-connected computers, and the print books have been pushed to the margins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the researcher known for coining the phrase and meaning of the Flynn effect?

2. In Chapter Four, which of the following does Carr say became a prerequisite for intellectual achievement?

3. What did Page and Brin formally announce in 2004 in relation to books?

4. Which of the following terms did Jeffrey Schwartz of UCLA coin?

5. Which neuroscientist carried out ground-breaking experiments in the late 1960s that pioneered the ideas of neuroplasticity?

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