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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the researcher known for coining the phrase and meaning of the Flynn effect?
(a) Flynn Markle.
(b) Marshall Flynn.
(c) Michael Flynn.
(d) James Flynn.

2. According to Carr in Chapter Seven, which of the following forms the major bottleneck in our brains?
(a) The process of learning new musical sounds.
(b) The processing of visual information, especially bright colors.
(c) The encoding of new words we have learned.
(d) The passage from working memory to long-term memory.

3. How does Carr report that the layout of the Bronx Library Center has recently changed in Chapter Five?
(a) The books and computers are both in the center.
(b) At the center are Internet-connected computers, and the print books have been pushed to the margins.
(c) At the center are the people, and the computers and books are at the margins.
(d) At the center are the books, and the computers are at the margins.

4. In Chapter Five, what does Carr say is Colorado's oldest newspaper?
(a) The Colorado Record.
(b) The Colorado Clarion.
(c) The Colorado Caller.
(d) The Rocky Mountain News.

5. Who carried a stopwatch into the Midvale Steel Plant in Philadelphia in the late 1800s and came up with a new system of maximizing workers' efficiency?
(a) James Morrison Dupree.
(b) Michael James Morrison.
(c) Alfie Stalwart.
(d) Frederick Winslow Taylor.

6. In Chapter Five, what does Carr say we do not think of libraries as, even though they are?
(a) Media technologies.
(b) The front lines of social welfare.
(c) Publicly funded.
(d) Meeting places.

7. Which company owns YouTube?
(a) Facebook.
(b) Google.
(c) Apple.
(d) Microsoft.

8. In Chapter Five, which publication does Carr cite as once being known for publishing long-form pieces by journalists like Hunter S. Thompson?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Vanity Fair.
(d) Clarion.

9. What is one of the newest branches of the New York Public Library, according to Carr in Chapter Five?
(a) The Fifth Street Library Center.
(b) The Bronx Library Center.
(c) The Queens Library Center.
(d) The Bryant Park Library Center.

10. In Chapter Six, what does Carr say is one of the more popular of the new digital readers?
(a) Apple's iPad.
(b) Samsung's tablet.
(c) Toshiba's tablet.
(d) Amazon's Kindle.

11. What 1993 book of Neil Postman's does Carr reference in Chapter Eight?
(a) Technopoly.
(b) Googleplex.
(c) Coding Phrases.
(d) The Dark Room.

12. Which former editor of the New York Times Book Review has become a Kindle enthusiast, according to Carr in Chapter Six?
(a) Alice McGrath.
(b) Mary McGrath.
(c) Charles McGrath.
(d) Paul McGrath.

13. Which author wrote a 1997 history of the pursuit of artificial intelligence?
(a) Allison Brin.
(b) George Dyson.
(c) Noam Chompsky.
(d) George Orwell.

14. Which researcher carried out the first studies that showed people's brains changing in response to Internet use?
(a) Michael Mezenich.
(b) Nicole Speer.
(c) Gayle Peterson.
(d) Gary Small.

15. What does Carr say about the state of electronic books in Chapter Six?
(a) They are sure to outpace book sales in the next few years.
(b) They are sure to be a centerpiece of Apple's business model in the next several years.
(c) Despite years of hype, most people have not shown much interest in them.
(d) They are sure to replace books entirely by the end of the decade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Google's Silicon Valley headquarters called?

2. In Chapter Eight, what does Carr say about the lives of Internet companies?

3. Which writer does Carr identify in Chapter Eight as sounding the keynote for our modern approach to managing information?

4. What topic did Google founder Larry Page select for his dissertation at Stanford?

5. Who is the managing director of Guardian News and Media that Carr mentions in Chapter Five?

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