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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 did much of the early evidence of neuroplasticity come about?
(a) Through experiments that studied the brain's reaction to injuries.
(b) Through experiments researches tracked on ultrasound machines.
(c) Through experiments about language.
(d) Through experiments about the movement of the right arm.

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 much text is on it.
(b) By how many clicks it gathers.
(c) By how many incoming links it attracts.
(d) By how many pictures are on it.

3. In which year was Carr born?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1990.

4. When was the Apple Computer company incorporated?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1977.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1990.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lee de Forest invent?

2. What does Carr say, in Chapter Eight, that Larry Page has always viewed Google as an embryonic form of?

3. In Chapter Six, what does Carr say is the one form of popular media that has been most resistant to the Net's influence?

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

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

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