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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. In Chapter Three, which of the following does Carr say is often not recognized by a technology's inventor?
(a) Its cost.
(b) Its longevity.
(c) Its intellectual ethic.
(d) Its benefits.

2. Which neuroscientist carried out ground-breaking experiments in the late 1960s that pioneered the ideas of neuroplasticity?
(a) Michael Merzenich.
(b) Jessica Joyner.
(c) Norman Dodge.
(d) Rene Descartes.

3. How does Carr say the Net differs most from much of the mass media it has displaced?
(a) It is bidirectional.
(b) It is democratic.
(c) It is cheap.
(d) It is more accessible.

4. What famous work of Saint Augustine's does Carr reference in Chapter Four?
(a) The DaVinci Code.
(b) Illuminati.
(c) Confessions.
(d) Phaedrus.

5. How did most literate Greek and Romans consume literature in the earliest days of the written word, according to Carr in Chapter Four?
(a) Slaves read to them.
(b) They went to mass where the priests read the religious texts to congregations.
(c) They had crude recordings of the authors reading their own works.
(d) They always had their children read to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the rise of silent reading change the architecture of libraries, according to Carr?

2. When did the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing kill himself?

3. What is Alan Turing best known for creating?

4. According to Carr in Chapter Four, what kind of reading was largely unknown in the ancient world?

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

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