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

2. According to Carr in Chapter Four, what kind of reading was largely unknown in the ancient world?
(a) Silent reading.
(b) Deep reading.
(c) Group reading.
(d) Skimming.

3. What did Samuel Johnson do on the night of April 18, 1775, when he visited the library at Cambridge's grand villa?
(a) Dash to the shelves to read the titles on the spines of the books.
(b) Start tearing pages from the books he was interested in.
(c) Shove books in his leather bag to steal for later.
(d) Light every book on fire.

4. In Chapter Seven, what does Carr say the Net delivers to users on a daily basis through its high-speed system?
(a) Rewards that our brain treats the same way as it treats sugar.
(b) More information that anyone could retain.
(c) Positive reinforcements.
(d) Negative feelings in the form of jealousy at seeing other people's social media pictures.

5. What does Carr say that the Net is by design in Chapter Seven?
(a) A purveyor of fine goods.
(b) An ad revenue tool.
(c) An interruption system.
(d) An educational tool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Google's ambitious social networking site that launched at the end of 2009?

2. In Chapter Seven, Carr says that if working memory is the mind's scratch pad, then long-term memory is which of the following?

3. What mediums does Carr cite in Chapter Five as trying to become more web-like?

4. Where was Johannes Gutenberg born?

5. In Chapter Five, what does Carr argue that hyperlinks do in a text?

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