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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. What does the phrase scriptura continua refer to, according to Carr in Chapter Four?
(a) The fact that in the earliest days of the written word, there were no spaces between words.
(b) The popular novels of Ancient Greece.
(c) The serials people loved to read in Ancient Rome.
(d) The long scrolls common in ancient Egypt.
2. How does the brain's ability to adapt to changes shift as people age?
(a) The brain needs medication to be able to change as people age.
(b) The brain becomes more able to change as people age.
(c) The brain becomes less able to change as quickly as people age.
(d) The brain requires surgery to be able to change as people age.
3. In Chapter Five, which newspaper does Carr cite as ceasing its print edition in 2009?
(a) The Christian Science Monitor.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Washington Post.
4. How did Francis Bacon say that Gutenberg's press affected the globe?
(a) He said it made books much less expensive.
(b) He said it made everyone, everywhere, better educated.
(c) He said it made societies much more equal.
(d) He said it changed things all over the world so much that no empire or sect or star had as great an effect worldwide.
5. What does Carr say that the Net is by design in Chapter Seven?
(a) An interruption system.
(b) A purveyor of fine goods.
(c) An ad revenue tool.
(d) An educational tool.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Marissa Mayer call Google's moon shot?
2. What book of Steven Johnson's does Carr cite in Chapter Seven?
3. Who carried a stopwatch into the Midvale Steel Plant in Philadelphia in the late 1800s and came up with a new system of maximizing workers' efficiency?
4. According to Carr in Chapter Four, what kind of reading was largely unknown in the ancient world?
5. How did most literate Greek and Romans consume literature in the earliest days of the written word, according to Carr in Chapter Four?
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