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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. Who was the inventor of the typewriter?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Hans Rasmus Johann Malling-Hansen.
(c) Johannes Burler.
(d) John Michael Gutenberg.

2. What requires a calm attentive mind, other than deep thinking, according to Carr?
(a) Reading to a child.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Empathy and compassion.

3. In Chapter Five, what does Carr argue that hyperlinks do in a text?
(a) Help us understand topics better.
(b) Re-wire the neural pathways in our brains.
(c) Propel us towards supplemental works.
(d) Strain our eyes.

4. What did Weizenbaum identify as a great danger for people as they became more involved with their computers?
(a) That they would not be able to remember things any more.
(b) That they would lose their humanity.
(c) That they would begin to behave more aggressively towards their pets.
(d) That they would mistake computers for humans.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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 does the researcher Nicole Speer say about the act of deep reading?

4. Which major publisher does Carr mention in Chapter Six that began publishing e-novels with videos embedded in them?

5. What does the Norwegian literary studies professor Anne Mangen say all reading is?

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