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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 89 - 132).

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 intellectual ethic.
(c) Its benefits.
(d) Its longevity.

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

3. Who was the inventor of the typewriter?
(a) Johannes Burler.
(b) John Michael Gutenberg.
(c) Hans Rasmus Johann Malling-Hansen.
(d) James Joyce.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the managing director of Guardian News and Media that Carr mentions in Chapter Five?

2. In Chapter Seven, what does Carr argue the Net commands with a far greater insistency than television or radio?

3. Which famous philosopher from the 1800s wrote an appreciative small piece about his love for the typewriter?

4. What is Alan Turing best known for creating?

5. What did the creation of word breaks and punctuation do for readers as the act of writing evolved, according to Carr?

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