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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. How does Carr himself contribute to Internet content by the mid-2000s?
(a) He becomes a user-interface professional for Apple.
(b) He becomes a software engineer.
(c) He becomes a marketing chief for Google.
(d) He becomes a blogger.

2. Which alphabet became the model for most Western alphabets, according to Carr?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Greek.
(c) Russian.
(d) Chinese.

3. Who did Gutenberg secure funding for his printing press from?
(a) His Uncle, Rhine Gutenberg.
(b) A neighbor, Johann Fust.
(c) His father, Josiah Gutenberg.
(d) His best friend, Sebastian Bach.

4. What does New York University professor Clay Shirkey suggest is overrated in Chapter Six?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Going to college.
(c) Reading long novels like War and Peace.
(d) Surfing the Net.

5. In what year does Carr say he starts to have reservations and misgivings about how his time spent online is affecting him?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of sea slugs did Eric Kandel perform experiments on in the early 1970s?

2. What is Alan Turing best known for creating?

3. What does the phrase scriptura continua refer to, according to Carr in Chapter Four?

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

5. Which major publisher does Carr mention in Chapter Six that began publishing e-novels with videos embedded in them?

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