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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. What is Alan Turing best known for creating?
(a) The circuit board.
(b) The modem.
(c) The so-called Turning Machine, which is the forerunner to the modern computer.
(d) The software language Python.

2. What do instrumentalists believe, according to Carr?
(a) Tools of technology have their own paths and need to be tightly controlled.
(b) Tools of technology are neutral in themselves and have no ends of their own.
(c) Tools of technology are only for the wealthy.
(d) Tools of technology will be the end of humanity.

3. How did most literate Greek and Romans consume literature in the earliest days of the written word, according to Carr in Chapter Four?
(a) They always had their children 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) Slaves read to them.

4. Which university was at the forefront of computer programming and technological advances in the late 1970s, according to Carr?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Dartmouth University.
(c) Penn State University.
(d) Florida State University.

5. About how much did Carr spend on his first real computer purchase in 1986?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $500.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Three, what does Carr posit is one way to trace the intellectual maturation of individuals?

2. About how many bibles did Gutenberg print before running out of money?

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

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

5. When was the Apple Computer company incorporated?

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