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

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

3. In Chapter Eight, what does Carr say about the lives of Internet companies?
(a) Their biggest challenge is finding talent to run them.
(b) Their biggest challenge is getting start-up money.
(c) They often burn themselves out.
(d) They are rarely nasty or brutish, but they do tend to be short.

4. Which of the following terms did Jeffrey Schwartz of UCLA coin?
(a) Survival of the fastest.
(b) Survival of the most connected.
(c) Survival of the busiest.
(d) Survival of the fittest.

5. In Chapter Four, which of the following does Carr say became a prerequisite for intellectual achievement?
(a) Silent, solitary reading.
(b) The ability to write neatly.
(c) The ability to project one's voice in a debating hall.
(d) The ability to read very quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What publisher brought a book out in 2009 that had been created with Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software?

2. Which former Rhodes Scholar and former student body president at Florida State University told Carr he does not read books any longer?

3. According to Carr in Chapter Three, every technology is an expression of which of the following?

4. Who is Amazon's chief executive, mentioned by Carr in Chapter Six?

5. In Chapter Seven, why does Carr claim that we want to be interrupted as we work on the Net?

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