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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Four, which of the following does Carr say became a prerequisite for intellectual achievement?
(a) The ability to project one's voice in a debating hall.
(b) The ability to write neatly.
(c) The ability to read very quickly.
(d) Silent, solitary reading.

2. What do determinists believe, according to Carr?
(a) Tools of technology are only for the wealthy.
(b) Tools of technology are signs of human regression.
(c) Tools of technology are signs of human progress.
(d) Tools of technology are powerful forces that can reshape history and have an enormous influence on the path of societies.

3. Which was one of the first computers Carr ever bought for his own personal use?
(a) One of Toshibia's early laptops.
(b) One of IBM's earliest desktops.
(c) One of Apple's earliest Macintoshes.
(d) An early Apple Smartphone.

4. When did the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing kill himself?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1980.

5. Which media mogul at RCA and NBC dismissed criticism of the mass media on which his career was built in the year 1955?
(a) Walter Winchell.
(b) Walter White.
(c) Les Moonves.
(d) David Sarnoff.

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

7. In which year was Carr born?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1959.

8. 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) Pencils.
(b) Stones.
(c) Small clay tokens with engraved symbols.
(d) Paint.

9. What did the psychologist Vaughan Bell saw the ability to focus on a single task represents in the history of psychological development?
(a) A progressive lead forward.
(b) A natural step in human history.
(c) A hindrance in human survival rates.
(d) A strange anomaly.

10. What does the Turning Test designed to measure?
(a) Signal strength of transistors.
(b) A machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior that is equal to, or even indistinguishable from, a human's.
(c) The bandwith of fiber optic cables.
(d) The strength of a code.

11. Who created the Hypercard application?
(a) Bill Atkinson.
(b) Harry Prevnar.
(c) Charles Lightner.
(d) James Jamison.

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

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

14. How did the rise of silent reading change the architecture of libraries, according to Carr?
(a) Theaters were installed.
(b) Individual rooms with doors that could be closed were installed.
(c) Small, individual desks were installed.
(d) Private carrels and cloisters were torn out in favor of longer tables in open spaces where people could read silently side by side.

15. Theorist Marshall McLuhan said that media forms supply the stuff of thought and also do which of the following?
(a) Shape the process of thought.
(b) Help people learn to read more quickly.
(c) Shape the business models of technology.
(d) Help people learn how to grow gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lee de Forest invent?

2. What skill was Socrates most well-known for?

3. According to Carr, language itself is NOT which of the following?

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

5. What does Carr say was a feature of early writing that is hard for us to imagine today?

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