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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. Who laid out a theory of dualism in his Meditations of 1641?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Erasmus.
(c) Rene Descartes.
(d) Stephen Daedalus.

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

3. Which of the following terms did Jeffrey Schwartz of UCLA coin?
(a) Survival of the fastest.
(b) Survival of the most connected.
(c) Survival of the busiest.
(d) Survival of the fittest.

4. What else besides repeated physical actions can rewire the human brain?
(a) Herbs and spices.
(b) Direct exposure to bright sunlight.
(c) Purely mental activity.
(d) Having and walking a dog every day.

5. In what year does Carr say he starts to have reservations and misgivings about how his time spent online is affecting him?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2007.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carr writes that the computer is our servant, but it is simultaneously which of the following?

2. What does Hebb's rule say?

3. When was the Apple Computer company incorporated?

4. In what year was the HAL 9000 computer made operational, according to Carr in Chapter One?

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

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