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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 Three, which of the following does Carr say is often not recognized by a technology's inventor?
(a) Its benefits.
(b) Its longevity.
(c) Its cost.
(d) Its intellectual ethic.

2. What was one of the main drawbacks to scrolls?
(a) They were only used by the poorest people.
(b) They were fragile.
(c) They were expensive.
(d) There was never enough ink to use on the scrolls.

3. How did Francis Bacon say that Gutenberg's press affected the globe?
(a) He said it made everyone, everywhere, better educated.
(b) He said it made books much less expensive.
(c) He said it made societies much more equal.
(d) He said it changed things all over the world so much that no empire or sect or star had as great an effect worldwide.

4. How does the brain's ability to adapt to changes shift as people age?
(a) The brain requires surgery to be able to change as people age.
(b) The brain becomes more able to change as people age.
(c) The brain needs medication to be able to change as people age.
(d) The brain becomes less able to change as quickly as people age.

5. In Chapter Five, Carr quotes McLuhan as saying a new medium is never which of the following?
(a) A sign of regression.
(b) Cheap.
(c) An addition to an old one.
(d) A sign of progress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of persona did Weizenbaum's computer program in the 1960s assume?

2. In Chapter Four, who does Carr claim were the first people to use a specialized medium for writing?

3. In Chapter Seven, why does Carr claim that we want to be interrupted as we work on the Net?

4. Who was one of the first biologists to argue that the human brain might be in a constant state of flux?

5. What did Aristotle think the primary function of the human brain was?

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