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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) 2005.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1992.

2. What book of Steven Johnson's does Carr cite in Chapter Seven?
(a) Everything Bad is Good For You.
(b) Computers Galore.
(c) The Age of Internet Addiction.
(d) The Computational World and the Brain.

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

4. What skill was Socrates most well-known for?
(a) Debating.
(b) Writing.
(c) Oration.
(d) Editing.

5. About how many bibles did Gutenberg print before running out of money?
(a) 500.
(b) 200.
(c) 1000.
(d) 5000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Johannes Gutenberg have before inventing the printing press?

2. What skill was Plato best known for?

3. What topic did Google founder Larry Page select for his dissertation at Stanford?

4. In Chapter Five, what does Carr say happens to other media as the Net expands?

5. In Chapter Five, which newspaper does Carr cite as ceasing its print edition in 2009?

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