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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. According to Carr in Chapter Three, every technology is an expression of which of the following?
(a) Foresight.
(b) Ingenuity.
(c) Progress.
(d) Human will.

2. How many categories does Carr claim our technologies can be divided into in Chapter Three?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

3. Who was one of the first biologists to argue that the human brain might be in a constant state of flux?
(a) Jessica Joyner.
(b) J.Z. Young.
(c) Michael Moskovitz.
(d) Marion Crace.

4. In what year was the HAL 9000 computer made operational, according to Carr in Chapter One?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1992.

5. Carr writes that the computer is our servant, but it is simultaneously which of the following?
(a) Our friend.
(b) Our master.
(c) Our savior.
(d) Our confidant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did much of the early evidence of neuroplasticity come about?

2. In which year was Carr born?

3. Which media mogul at RCA and NBC dismissed criticism of the mass media on which his career was built in the year 1955?

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

5. In what year does Carr say he starts to have reservations and misgivings about how his time spent online is affecting him?

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