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

2. Who were the first people to start manufacturing scrolls of papyrus?
(a) Europeans.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Greeks.

3. What was an early version of Google called in 1996?
(a) ModernWorld.
(b) FindOut.
(c) BackRub.
(d) SearchMe!

4. What did the first researcher to show how people's brains change in response to Internet activity use to scan the brains of his subjects?
(a) X-ray.
(b) Ultrasound.
(c) MRI.
(d) Sonic imaging.

5. In Chapter Seven, what does Carr say is the greatest paradox of using the Internet?
(a) We think we are in control of the Net, but it is actually controlling us.
(b) The Net grabs our attention only to scatter it.
(c) We think the Net is cheap, but it is actually expensive.
(d) We think the Net is educating us, but it is actually making it harder for us to concentrate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the inventor of the typewriter?

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

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

4. How did the map and clock change language indirectly, according to Carr?

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

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