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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 did Aristotle think the primary function of the human brain was?
(a) To process auditory signals.
(b) To keep the emotions in check.
(c) To keep the body from overheating.
(d) To keep the heart beating.

2. In Chapter Seven, what does Carr argue the Net commands with a far greater insistency than television or radio?
(a) Attention.
(b) Money.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Education.

3. How many categories does Carr claim our technologies can be divided into in Chapter Three?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

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

5. What did the first researcher to show how people's brains change in response to Internet activity use to scan the brains of his subjects?
(a) Ultrasound.
(b) MRI.
(c) X-ray.
(d) Sonic imaging.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which company owns YouTube?

2. Where was Johannes Gutenberg born?

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?

4. What does New York University professor Clay Shirkey suggest is overrated in Chapter Six?

5. In Chapter Five, which publication does Carr cite as once being known for publishing long-form pieces by journalists like Hunter S. Thompson?

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