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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carr say he finds himself trapped in by the mid-1990s relating to computer equipment purchasing?
(a) A cycle of debt.
(b) A process of trying to keep up with friends by purchasing the latest equipment.
(c) An upgrade cycle.
(d) A frustrating cycle of devices breaking and Carr needing to spent a lot of money to replace them.

2. Who was one of the inventors of BASIC, the first programming language to use common words and syntax?
(a) Steve Jobs.
(b) Nicholas Carr.
(c) Bill Richardson.
(d) John Kemeny.

3. Which famous philosopher from the 1800s wrote an appreciative small piece about his love for the typewriter?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

4. Which former Rhodes Scholar and former student body president at Florida State University told Carr he does not read books any longer?
(a) Joe O'Shea.
(b) John Sonyar.
(c) Fred Armisen.
(d) James Murphy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?

2. Who laid out a theory of dualism in his Meditations of 1641?

3. What kind of sea slugs did Eric Kandel perform experiments on in the early 1970s?

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

5. Who was the inventor of the typewriter?

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