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

2. In what year does Carr say he starts to have reservations and misgivings about how his time spent online is affecting him?
(a) 1995.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1985.

3. What does Carr say he finds himself trapped in by the mid-1990s relating to computer equipment purchasing?
(a) An upgrade cycle.
(b) A frustrating cycle of devices breaking and Carr needing to spent a lot of money to replace them.
(c) A cycle of debt.
(d) A process of trying to keep up with friends by purchasing the latest equipment.

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

5. What does the Norwegian literary studies professor Anne Mangen say all reading is?
(a) A means of self-improvement.
(b) An exercise in patience.
(c) Multi-sensory.
(d) A sign of humanity's progress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a 2006 study by Jupiter Research reveal a huge overlap in, according to Carr in Chapter Five?

2. Who were the first people to start manufacturing scrolls of papyrus?

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. What kind of award did Eric Kandel win for his work on sea slugs in the 1970s?

5. Carr writes that the computer is our servant, but it is simultaneously which of the following?

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