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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 177 - 224).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how much did Carr spend on his first real computer purchase in 1986?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $500.
(d) $2,000.

2. Who did Gutenberg secure funding for his printing press from?
(a) His Uncle, Rhine Gutenberg.
(b) A neighbor, Johann Fust.
(c) His best friend, Sebastian Bach.
(d) His father, Josiah Gutenberg.

3. What did a 2006 study by Jupiter Research reveal a huge overlap in, according to Carr in Chapter Five?
(a) Smartphone use and computer use.
(b) TV viewing and Web surfing.
(c) TV viewing and Smartphone use.
(d) Web surfing and eating.

4. What is Alan Turing best known for creating?
(a) The modem.
(b) The software language Python.
(c) The circuit board.
(d) The so-called Turning Machine, which is the forerunner to the modern computer.

5. What does Carr write that computer memory exists as?
(a) Simple colors.
(b) Simple numbers from 0 - 100.
(c) Simple binary bits of ones and zeros.
(d) Different software languages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does psychologist Sheila Crowell say the very act of remembering may do to a human brain?

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

3. What did T.S. Eliot say he was not sure using a typewriter encouraged in his work?

4. In which year was Carr born?

5. In Chapter Eight, what concern does Carr cite critics as having voiced about Google's commercial control over the distribution of digitized books?

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