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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. Which book did Christine Rosen of the Ethics and Public Policy Center first try to read on a Kindle?
(a) A Tale of Two Cities.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Nicholas Nickleby.
(d) The Nix.

2. What does the Norwegian literary studies professor Anne Mangen say all reading is?
(a) A sign of humanity's progress.
(b) An exercise in patience.
(c) Multi-sensory.
(d) A means of self-improvement.

3. In Chapter Seven, what does Carr cite the Roman philosopher Seneca as having said 2,000 years ago?
(a) To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
(b) You can be a jack of all trades, but a master of none.
(c) To run is but to hide for a short time.
(d) Sorry is the scribe who splits his time between two scrolls.

4. How does Carr report that the layout of the Bronx Library Center has recently changed in Chapter Five?
(a) At the center are Internet-connected computers, and the print books have been pushed to the margins.
(b) The books and computers are both in the center.
(c) At the center are the books, and the computers are at the margins.
(d) At the center are the people, and the computers and books are at the margins.

5. 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?
(a) The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
(b) The Stranger.
(c) The Yellow Wallpaper.
(d) The Demon Lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does researcher Gary Smalls say that using the Net is like in terms of how the brain has to work, in some ways?

2. Who wrote the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man?

3. What 1993 book of Neil Postman's does Carr reference in Chapter Eight?

4. What does the novelist Corey Doctorow say happens whenever we turn on our computers in Chapter Five?

5. What is one of the newest branches of the New York Public Library, according to Carr in Chapter Five?

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