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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what year does Carr say he starts to have reservations and misgivings about how his time spent online is affecting him?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2007.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1985.

4. Who did Gutenberg secure funding for his printing press from?
(a) A neighbor, Johann Fust.
(b) His father, Josiah Gutenberg.
(c) His best friend, Sebastian Bach.
(d) His Uncle, Rhine Gutenberg.

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

6. What job did Johannes Gutenberg have before inventing the printing press?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was an accountant.
(c) He was a goldsmith.
(d) He was a doctor.

7. In what year was the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man published?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1964.

8. In what year was the HAL 9000 computer made operational, according to Carr in Chapter One?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1992.
(d) 2000.

9. What kind of award did Eric Kandel win for his work on sea slugs in the 1970s?
(a) The Nobel Prize.
(b) The James Fields Medal.
(c) The Queen's Citation for Excellence in Science.
(d) The Royal Academy's Science Award.

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

11. About how many bibles did Gutenberg print before running out of money?
(a) 5000.
(b) 1000.
(c) 200.
(d) 500.

12. What did the creation of word breaks and punctuation do for readers as the act of writing evolved, according to Carr?
(a) Readers became more likely to also want to listen to music as they were reading.
(b) Readers became more efficient and more attentive.
(c) Readers became more likely to want to attend the theater.
(d) Readers became more receptive to having their children learn to read.

13. What did Lee de Forest invent?
(a) The Audion.
(b) The short-wave radio.
(c) The Enigma machine.
(d) The television.

14. When was the Apple Computer company incorporated?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1977.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1990.

15. What does Hebb's rule say?
(a) Brain cells that do not ever change are called static.
(b) Brain cells that fire together wire together.
(c) Brain cells that regenerate after injury are called super brain cells.
(d) Brain cells that can shift their function from one thing to another are called transformers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year was Carr born?

2. In Chapter Three, what does Carr say Theuth thought about the art of writing?

3. Which was one of the first computers Carr ever bought for his own personal use?

4. In Chapter Three, which of the following does Carr say is often not recognized by a technology's inventor?

5. As long ago as 8000 BC, what were some people using to keep track of livestock and other good for trading, according to Carr?

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