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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As long ago as 8000 BC, what were some people using to keep track of livestock and other good for trading, according to Carr?
(a) Small clay tokens with engraved symbols.
(b) Paint.
(c) Pencils.
(d) Stones.

2. In Chapter Three, what does Carr say thinking is governed by in a purely oral culture?
(a) The storytelling skills of its elders.
(b) The ability of its teachers to impart debating skills.
(c) The capacity of human memory.
(d) The length of the candles.

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

4. In Chapter Three, what does Carr posit is one way to trace the intellectual maturation of individuals?
(a) Through how many languages people speak.
(b) Through assessing a person's emotional intelligence.
(c) Through how quickly people can do multiplication tables.
(d) Through the way people draw pictures or maps of their surroundings.

5. What kind of sea slugs did Eric Kandel perform experiments on in the early 1970s?
(a) Cucumbers.
(b) Prickly slugs.
(c) Golangels.
(d) Aplysia.

6. How does the brain's ability to adapt to changes shift as people age?
(a) The brain becomes more able to change as people age.
(b) The brain becomes less able to change as quickly as people age.
(c) The brain needs medication to be able to change as people age.
(d) The brain requires surgery to be able to change as people age.

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

8. Who was one of the inventors of BASIC, the first programming language to use common words and syntax?
(a) John Kemeny.
(b) Bill Richardson.
(c) Nicholas Carr.
(d) Steve Jobs.

9. What does the phrase scriptura continua refer to, according to Carr in Chapter Four?
(a) The long scrolls common in ancient Egypt.
(b) The fact that in the earliest days of the written word, there were no spaces between words.
(c) The popular novels of Ancient Greece.
(d) The serials people loved to read in Ancient Rome.

10. How does Carr himself contribute to Internet content by the mid-2000s?
(a) He becomes a blogger.
(b) He becomes a software engineer.
(c) He becomes a user-interface professional for Apple.
(d) He becomes a marketing chief for Google.

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

12. What famous work of Saint Augustine's does Carr reference in Chapter Four?
(a) Confessions.
(b) Illuminati.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) The DaVinci Code.

13. Who laid out a theory of dualism in his Meditations of 1641?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Rene Descartes.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Stephen Daedalus.

14. How does Carr say the Net differs most from much of the mass media it has displaced?
(a) It is more accessible.
(b) It is democratic.
(c) It is cheap.
(d) It is bidirectional.

15. What does the researcher Nicole Speer say about the act of deep reading?
(a) It is only achievable with absolute silence.
(b) It is not possible for many people to focus long enough to read deeply.
(c) It is a prerequisite for academic achievement.
(d) It is not passive, but rather very active.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did most literate Greek and Romans consume literature in the earliest days of the written word, according to Carr in Chapter Four?

3. Which dialogue did Plato write about love, beauty and rhetoric that Carr references in Chapter Three?

4. Which alphabet became the model for most Western alphabets, according to Carr?

5. In which year was Carr born?

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