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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. In what year was the HAL 9000 computer made operational, according to Carr in Chapter One?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1992.

2. According to Carr in Chapter Seven, which of the following forms the major bottleneck in our brains?
(a) The encoding of new words we have learned.
(b) The processing of visual information, especially bright colors.
(c) The process of learning new musical sounds.
(d) The passage from working memory to long-term memory.

3. Fewer than one in ten page views extend beyond which of the following time frames, according to German researchers Carr cites in Chapter Seven?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 30 seconds.
(c) 1 minute.
(d) 2 minutes.

4. What does Carr say was a feature of early writing that is hard for us to imagine today?
(a) There was only blue and red ink in use.
(b) There were no spaces separating the words.
(c) There was no capitalization.
(d) The ancient writers only used two vowels.

5. In Chapter Three, what does Carr say thinking is governed by in a purely oral culture?
(a) The length of the candles.
(b) The capacity of human memory.
(c) The ability of its teachers to impart debating skills.
(d) The storytelling skills of its elders.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Carr say the Net differs most from much of the mass media it has displaced?

2. Who created the Hypercard application?

3. Who was the mathematician Larry Page asked to work with him on the first iteration of Google's search function?

4. Which company owns YouTube?

5. What do determinists believe, according to Carr?

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