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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 Six, what does Carr say a book retains over the computer as a device for reading?
(a) Some support from authors.
(b) Some financial challenges.
(c) Some serious drawbacks.
(d) Some compelling advantages.

2. According to Carr, language itself is NOT which of the following?
(a) A technology.
(b) A group exercise.
(c) Usually learned by the age of 5.
(d) A critical means of communication.

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

4. Who was the mathematician Larry Page asked to work with him on the first iteration of Google's search function?
(a) Larson Nowel.
(b) Sergey Brin.
(c) Eric Schmidt.
(d) Bill Gates.

5. In Chapter Seven, Carr argues that distractions cause greater impairment when the train of thought we are involved in is which of the following?
(a) More emotional
(b) More social.
(c) More complex.
(d) More scientific.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the brain's ability to adapt to changes shift as people age?

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

4. Which dialogue did Plato write about love, beauty and rhetoric that Carr references in Chapter Three?

5. In what year was the HAL 9000 computer made operational, according to Carr in Chapter One?

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