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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 Six, what does Carr say a book retains over the computer as a device for reading?
(a) Some serious drawbacks.
(b) Some financial challenges.
(c) Some compelling advantages.
(d) Some support from authors.

2. Who laid out a theory of dualism in his Meditations of 1641?
(a) Stephen Daedalus.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Erasmus.
(d) Rene Descartes.

3. What kind of award did Eric Kandel win for his work on sea slugs in the 1970s?
(a) The Nobel Prize.
(b) The Queen's Citation for Excellence in Science.
(c) The James Fields Medal.
(d) The Royal Academy's Science Award.

4. In Chapter Six, what does Carr cite Alphonse de Lamartine as predicting in 1831?
(a) That the creation of television would kill movie theaters.
(b) That the creation and widespread use of the telephone would mean people would never leave their houses again.
(c) That newspapers would kill printed books.
(d) That the phonograph would eclipse all other media.

5. In Chapter Five, what does Carr say happens to other media as the Net expands?
(a) Other media flourish.
(b) Other media adapt.
(c) Other media try to catch up.
(d) Other media contract.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carr say about the state of electronic books in Chapter Six?

2. In Chapter Three, which of the following does Carr say is often not recognized by a technology's inventor?

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

4. In what year does Carr say he starts to have reservations and misgivings about how his time spent online is affecting him?

5. Which of the following terms did Jeffrey Schwartz of UCLA coin?

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