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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 does the researcher Nicole Speer say about the act of deep reading?
(a) It is not passive, but rather very active.
(b) It is a prerequisite for academic achievement.
(c) It is not possible for many people to focus long enough to read deeply.
(d) It is only achievable with absolute silence.

2. What did Lee de Forest invent?
(a) The Audion.
(b) The short-wave radio.
(c) The Enigma machine.
(d) The television.

3. According to Carr, what did the widespread use of clocks do for civilization?
(a) Helped people keep Seasonal Affective Disorder in check.
(b) Helped people maximize their productivity in terms of farming and harvesting food.
(c) Helped move societies from agrarian ones to more urban, higher-tech ones.
(d) Helped people stop missing appointments.

4. Where was Johannes Gutenberg born?
(a) Rome.
(b) Paris.
(c) Mainz.
(d) Berlin.

5. Who created the Hypercard application?
(a) Harry Prevnar.
(b) Bill Atkinson.
(c) James Jamison.
(d) Charles Lightner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which alphabet became the model for most Western alphabets, according to Carr?

2. What do instrumentalists believe, according to Carr?

3. Who wrote the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man?

4. About how much did Carr spend on his first real computer purchase in 1986?

5. How does Carr himself contribute to Internet content by the mid-2000s?

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