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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. When did Nathaniel Hawthorne write about the advantages of people spending time in nature?
(a) 1825.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1810.

2. What does Carr say is Johnson's primary kind of knowledge in the end of Chapter Seven?
(a) The ability to know a subject in depth for ourselves.
(b) The ability to cite at least three academic scholars who specialized in a given topic.
(c) The ability to discuss a given topic in a debating format.
(d) The ability to write at least five pages of clear reasoning on a given topic, and to provide a window into an opposing point of view.

3. Who was the inventor of the typewriter?
(a) Johannes Burler.
(b) John Michael Gutenberg.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Hans Rasmus Johann Malling-Hansen.

4. What does Carr say about the state of electronic books in Chapter Six?
(a) Despite years of hype, most people have not shown much interest in them.
(b) They are sure to be a centerpiece of Apple's business model in the next several years.
(c) They are sure to replace books entirely by the end of the decade.
(d) They are sure to outpace book sales in the next few years.

5. According to Carr, what did the widespread use of clocks do for civilization?
(a) Helped people maximize their productivity in terms of farming and harvesting food.
(b) Helped people stop missing appointments.
(c) Helped people keep Seasonal Affective Disorder in check.
(d) Helped move societies from agrarian ones to more urban, higher-tech ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of type did Johannes Gutenberg invent with the printing press?

2. What device does Carr buy in 1990 that increases his ability to connect to the nascent Internet?

3. What did Marissa Mayer call Google's moon shot?

4. In which year was Carr born?

5. Which media mogul at RCA and NBC dismissed criticism of the mass media on which his career was built in the year 1955?

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