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

2. What is one of the newest branches of the New York Public Library, according to Carr in Chapter Five?
(a) The Queens Library Center.
(b) The Bronx Library Center.
(c) The Fifth Street Library Center.
(d) The Bryant Park Library Center.

3. Which famous philosopher from the 1800s wrote an appreciative small piece about his love for the typewriter?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

4. In Chapter Four, who does Carr claim were the first people to use a specialized medium for writing?
(a) The Europeans.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Arabs.
(d) The Sumerians.

5. Which inventor and futurist wrote a 1996 essay on the legacy of 2001: A Space Odyssey?
(a) Noam Chompsky.
(b) Ray Kurzweil.
(c) Marshall McLuhan.
(d) Mark Zuckerberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the researcher known for coining the phrase and meaning of the Flynn effect?

2. In Chapter Five, what does Carr say we do not think of libraries as, even though they are?

3. In Chapter Six, what does Carr say a book retains over the computer as a device for reading?

4. How long did Eric Schmidt tell The Wall Street Journal in 2005 that it would take Google to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful?

5. What famous work of Saint Augustine's does Carr reference in Chapter Four?

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