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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 kind of persona did Weizenbaum's computer program in the 1960s assume?
(a) That of a modern psychotherapist.
(b) That of a Freudian therapist.
(c) That of a Jungian therapist.
(d) That of a Rogerian therapist.
2. What did the Flynn effect refer to?
(a) The steady decrease in IQ scores around the globe throughout the twentieth century.
(b) The steady rise in technological skills in the developed world during the 1990s.
(c) The steady increase in IQ scores around the globe throughout the twentieth century.
(d) The steady decline in technological skills in the developed world during the 1990s.
3. What does the Norwegian literary studies professor Anne Mangen say all reading is?
(a) A sign of humanity's progress.
(b) Multi-sensory.
(c) A means of self-improvement.
(d) An exercise in patience.
4. Which of the following terms did Jeffrey Schwartz of UCLA coin?
(a) Survival of the most connected.
(b) Survival of the fittest.
(c) Survival of the busiest.
(d) Survival of the fastest.
5. What does Carr say is Johnson's primary kind of knowledge in the end of Chapter Seven?
(a) The ability to discuss a given topic in a debating format.
(b) The ability to know a subject in depth for ourselves.
(c) The ability to write at least five pages of clear reasoning on a given topic, and to provide a window into an opposing point of view.
(d) The ability to cite at least three academic scholars who specialized in a given topic.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which company owns YouTube?
2. What mediums does Carr cite in Chapter Five as trying to become more web-like?
3. What does New York Times columnist David Brooks say is the real magic of the information age?
4. Who created the Hypercard application?
5. In Chapter Three, what does Carr say thinking is governed by in a purely oral culture?
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