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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. In Chapter Six, what does Carr say is the one form of popular media that has been most resistant to the Net's influence?
(a) The record player.
(b) The television.
(c) The DVD player.
(d) The book.

2. Which author wrote a 1997 history of the pursuit of artificial intelligence?
(a) George Dyson.
(b) George Orwell.
(c) Allison Brin.
(d) Noam Chompsky.

3. How did the map and clock change language indirectly, according to Carr?
(a) People started reading maps much more than they read books.
(b) New metaphors based on the map and clock arose to describe natural phenomenon.
(c) People started drawing clock hands on their books.
(d) People started using navigational terms for literature-related topics.

4. Which former editor of the New York Times Book Review has become a Kindle enthusiast, according to Carr in Chapter Six?
(a) Paul McGrath.
(b) Mary McGrath.
(c) Charles McGrath.
(d) Alice McGrath.

5. Who was the Greek mother of the Muses?
(a) Athena.
(b) Mnemonsyne.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Aphrodite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Johannes Gutenberg born?

2. Ari Sculman wrote that the brain's connections do not merely provide access to a memory, but they also do which of the following?

3. Who was the mathematician Larry Page asked to work with him on the first iteration of Google's search function?

4. What does Carr say he finds himself trapped in by the mid-1990s relating to computer equipment purchasing?

5. How did most literate Greek and Romans consume literature in the earliest days of the written word, according to Carr in Chapter Four?

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