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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. What is the name of the computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?
(a) HAL.
(b) Winifred.
(c) Dave.
(d) Wemberly.

2. What kind of type did Johannes Gutenberg invent with the printing press?
(a) Two-tone.
(b) Immovable.
(c) Movable.
(d) Bold.

3. Which of the following terms did Jeffrey Schwartz of UCLA coin?
(a) Survival of the most connected.
(b) Survival of the busiest.
(c) Survival of the fastest.
(d) Survival of the fittest.

4. What book of Steven Johnson's does Carr cite in Chapter Seven?
(a) The Computational World and the Brain.
(b) The Age of Internet Addiction.
(c) Computers Galore.
(d) Everything Bad is Good For You.

5. As long ago as 8000 BC, what were some people using to keep track of livestock and other good for trading, according to Carr?
(a) Pencils.
(b) Stones.
(c) Paint.
(d) Small clay tokens with engraved symbols.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the psychologist Vaughan Bell saw the ability to focus on a single task represents in the history of psychological development?

2. Which book did Christine Rosen of the Ethics and Public Policy Center first try to read on a Kindle?

3. What did Aristotle think the primary function of the human brain was?

4. What else besides repeated physical actions can rewire the human brain?

5. Which researcher carried out the first studies that showed people's brains changing in response to Internet use?

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