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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. 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 books, and the computers are at the margins.
(c) At the center are the people, and the computers and books are at the margins.
(d) At the center are Internet-connected computers, and the print books have been pushed to the margins.

2. According to Carr in Chapter Eight, how could the authority of any Web page be gauged in the early days of Google's first search engine?
(a) By how many incoming links it attracts.
(b) By how much text is on it.
(c) By how many pictures are on it.
(d) By how many clicks it gathers.

3. Which college did Joseph Weizenbaum work at in the 1960s?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Dartmouth.

4. What did the first civilizations in Mesopotamia use to write on?
(a) Stone.
(b) Wax.
(c) Paper.
(d) Clay.

5. 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 Stranger.
(c) The Yellow Wallpaper.
(d) The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the map and clock change language indirectly, according to Carr?

2. What is Google's Silicon Valley headquarters called?

3. What did the researcher Eric Kandel demonstrate in the early 1970s through is research?

4. What topic did Google founder Larry Page select for his dissertation at Stanford?

5. What are the tiny jumps people's eye movements make as they read, as discovered by Louis Emilie Javal in 1879?

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