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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. In Chapter Seven, Carr says that if working memory is the mind's scratch pad, then long-term memory is which of the following?
(a) Its attic.
(b) Its filing system.
(c) Its Dewey Decimal system.
(d) Its safe.

2. How did much of the early evidence of neuroplasticity come about?
(a) Through experiments about language.
(b) Through experiments that studied the brain's reaction to injuries.
(c) Through experiments researches tracked on ultrasound machines.
(d) Through experiments about the movement of the right arm.

3. What did William James declare in 1892 was the art of remembering?
(a) The art of distraction.
(b) The art of storytelling.
(c) The art of thinking.
(d) The art of love.

4. Which dialogue did Plato write about love, beauty and rhetoric that Carr references in Chapter Three?
(a) Daedulus.
(b) Circe.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) The Iliad.

5. What did Marissa Mayer call Google's moon shot?
(a) Its effort to target ads to users.
(b) Its effort to digitize all the world's printed books.
(c) Its effort to fund public schools.
(d) Its effort to optimize its search results.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of the paper Alan Turing authored in which he asked the question about whether or not machines could think?

2. What is the name of the computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?

3. In Chapter Nine, what does Carr say will happen to culture if we outsource our collective memory to computers and the Internet?

4. In Chapter Five, which publication does Carr cite as once being known for publishing long-form pieces by journalists like Hunter S. Thompson?

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

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