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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the main drawbacks to scrolls?
(a) There was never enough ink to use on the scrolls.
(b) They were only used by the poorest people.
(c) They were fragile.
(d) They were expensive.

2. According to Carr in Chapter Three, every technology is an expression of which of the following?
(a) Progress.
(b) Human will.
(c) Foresight.
(d) Ingenuity.

3. What did Aristotle think the primary function of the human brain was?
(a) To keep the emotions in check.
(b) To keep the heart beating.
(c) To keep the body from overheating.
(d) To process auditory signals.

4. 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.

5. What did a 2006 study by Jupiter Research reveal a huge overlap in, according to Carr in Chapter Five?
(a) TV viewing and Smartphone use.
(b) TV viewing and Web surfing.
(c) Smartphone use and computer use.
(d) Web surfing and eating.

6. Who was one of the first biologists to argue that the human brain might be in a constant state of flux?
(a) J.Z. Young.
(b) Jessica Joyner.
(c) Michael Moskovitz.
(d) Marion Crace.

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

8. What does Carr say he finds himself trapped in by the mid-1990s relating to computer equipment purchasing?
(a) A cycle of debt.
(b) An upgrade cycle.
(c) A frustrating cycle of devices breaking and Carr needing to spent a lot of money to replace them.
(d) A process of trying to keep up with friends by purchasing the latest equipment.

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

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

11. Which university was at the forefront of computer programming and technological advances in the late 1970s, according to Carr?
(a) Penn State University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Dartmouth University.
(d) Florida State University.

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 blogger.
(d) He becomes a software engineer.

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

14. How did the map and clock change language indirectly, according to Carr?
(a) People started reading maps much more than they read books.
(b) People started drawing clock hands on their books.
(c) New metaphors based on the map and clock arose to describe natural phenomenon.
(d) People started using navigational terms for literature-related topics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Turning Test designed to measure?

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

3. Who were the first people to start manufacturing scrolls of papyrus?

4. How did much of the early evidence of neuroplasticity come about?

5. What kind of sea slugs did Eric Kandel perform experiments on in the early 1970s?

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