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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. How did the map and clock change language indirectly, according to Carr?
(a) People started using navigational terms for literature-related topics.
(b) People started drawing clock hands on their books.
(c) New metaphors based on the map and clock arose to describe natural phenomenon.
(d) People started reading maps much more than they read books.

2. What does the Turning Test designed to measure?
(a) The bandwith of fiber optic cables.
(b) Signal strength of transistors.
(c) The strength of a code.
(d) A machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior that is equal to, or even indistinguishable from, a human's.

3. What kind of sea slugs did Eric Kandel perform experiments on in the early 1970s?
(a) Cucumbers.
(b) Aplysia.
(c) Golangels.
(d) Prickly slugs.

4. What did Aristotle think the primary function of the human brain was?
(a) To keep the emotions in check.
(b) To keep the heart beating.
(c) To process auditory signals.
(d) To keep the body from overheating.

5. How did the rise of silent reading change the architecture of libraries, according to Carr?
(a) Small, individual desks were installed.
(b) Individual rooms with doors that could be closed were installed.
(c) Theaters were installed.
(d) Private carrels and cloisters were torn out in favor of longer tables in open spaces where people could read silently side by side.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Johannes Gutenberg born?

2. What does Hebb's rule say?

3. Which was one of the first computers Carr ever bought for his own personal use?

4. Which university was at the forefront of computer programming and technological advances in the late 1970s, according to Carr?

5. In which year was Carr born?

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