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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 45 - 88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the first people to start manufacturing scrolls of papyrus?
(a) Egyptians.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Europeans.

2. Where did Lee de Forest grow up?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Mississippi.

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

4. In what year was the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man published?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1940.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Johannes Gutenberg born?

2. In Chapter Three, what does Carr say Theuth thought about the art of writing?

3. Which dialogue did Plato write about love, beauty and rhetoric that Carr references in Chapter Three?

4. What famous work of Saint Augustine's does Carr reference in Chapter Four?

5. What do determinists believe, according to Carr?

(see the answer key)

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