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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 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 attic.
(b) Its filing system.
(c) Its safe.
(d) Its Dewey Decimal system.

2. Who was one of the inventors of BASIC, the first programming language to use common words and syntax?
(a) John Kemeny.
(b) Nicholas Carr.
(c) Steve Jobs.
(d) Bill Richardson.

3. In Chapter Five, which newspaper does Carr cite as ceasing its print edition in 2009?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Christian Science Monitor.

4. Theorist Marshall McLuhan said that media forms supply the stuff of thought and also do which of the following?
(a) Shape the process of thought.
(b) Shape the business models of technology.
(c) Help people learn to read more quickly.
(d) Help people learn how to grow gardens.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Seven, why does Carr claim that we want to be interrupted as we work on the Net?

3. What do determinists believe, according to Carr?

4. What is the name of the computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?

5. Who did Gutenberg secure funding for his printing press from?

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