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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 133 - 176).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Five, which publication does Carr cite as once being known for publishing long-form pieces by journalists like Hunter S. Thompson?
(a) Vanity Fair.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Clarion.
(d) Rolling Stone.

3. What does researcher Gary Smalls say that using the Net is like in terms of how the brain has to work, in some ways?
(a) Running.
(b) Doing a crossword puzzle.
(c) Eating.
(d) Watching television.

4. In Chapter Seven, Carr says that if working memory is the mind's scratch pad, then long-term memory is which of the following?
(a) Its filing system.
(b) Its safe.
(c) Its attic.
(d) Its Dewey Decimal system.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment that Carr mentions in Chapter Five?

2. When was the Apple Computer company incorporated?

3. When did the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing kill himself?

4. What skill was Socrates most well-known for?

5. What was one of the main drawbacks to scrolls?

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