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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. According to Carr, language itself is NOT which of the following?
(a) Usually learned by the age of 5.
(b) A technology.
(c) A critical means of communication.
(d) A group exercise.

2. In Chapter Seven, Carr argues that distractions cause greater impairment when the train of thought we are involved in is which of the following?
(a) More emotional
(b) More social.
(c) More complex.
(d) More scientific.

3. Who was one of the first biologists to argue that the human brain might be in a constant state of flux?
(a) J.Z. Young.
(b) Michael Moskovitz.
(c) Jessica Joyner.
(d) Marion Crace.

4. 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) 1995.
(d) 1985.

5. In Chapter Three, what does Ong say that writing does for consciousness?
(a) Has a neutral effect on it.
(b) Diminishes it.
(c) Eclipses it.
(d) Heightens it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous work of Saint Augustine's does Carr reference in Chapter Four?

2. What kind of type did Johannes Gutenberg invent with the printing press?

3. What does the researcher Nicole Speer say about the act of deep reading?

4. Which short story did Canadian researchers ask subjects to read in 2001 as a way of testing how people retain information when reading in different formats?

5. Which former Rhodes Scholar and former student body president at Florida State University told Carr he does not read books any longer?

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