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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 did the psychologist Vaughan Bell saw the ability to focus on a single task represents in the history of psychological development?
(a) A progressive lead forward.
(b) A strange anomaly.
(c) A natural step in human history.
(d) A hindrance in human survival rates.

2. What does Carr say was a feature of early writing that is hard for us to imagine today?
(a) There was no capitalization.
(b) There was only blue and red ink in use.
(c) The ancient writers only used two vowels.
(d) There were no spaces separating the words.

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

4. What device does Carr buy in 1990 that increases his ability to connect to the nascent Internet?
(a) A modem.
(b) An external hard drive.
(c) A Hypercard.
(d) A cyber-optic cable connector.

5. What does Hebb's rule say?
(a) Brain cells that can shift their function from one thing to another are called transformers.
(b) Brain cells that fire together wire together.
(c) Brain cells that do not ever change are called static.
(d) Brain cells that regenerate after injury are called super brain cells.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Apple Computer company incorporated?

2. In Chapter Four, who does Carr claim were the first people to use a specialized medium for writing?

3. What does the researcher Nicole Speer say about the act of deep reading?

4. How many categories does Carr claim our technologies can be divided into in Chapter Three?

5. What do instrumentalists believe, according to Carr?

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