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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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 want to attend the theater.
(b) Readers became more likely to also want to listen to music as they were reading.
(c) Readers became more receptive to having their children learn to read.
(d) Readers became more efficient and more attentive.

4. According to Carr, language itself is NOT which of the following?
(a) Usually learned by the age of 5.
(b) A group exercise.
(c) A technology.
(d) A critical means of communication.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Francis Bacon say that Gutenberg's press affected the globe?

2. Which of the following terms did Jeffrey Schwartz of UCLA coin?

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

4. What did a 2006 study by Jupiter Research reveal a huge overlap in, according to Carr in Chapter Five?

5. About how much did Carr spend on his first real computer purchase in 1986?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carr think is the relationship between a medium and the content conveyed through that medium?

2. What invention did Lee de Forest create, and what technological advances did it allow for?

3. According to Carr, what is one way in which a reader can connect deeply with a book he is reading?

4. In Chapter Five, what does Carr say research suggests about the relationship between the time people spend on the Net and the time they spend watching television?

5. In Chapter Three, what does Carr identify as the format of some of the earliest Sumerian writing that archaeologists and historians have uncovered?

6. What movie does Carr reference in Chapter One, and what does he use the reference to illustrate?

7. In Chapter Five, how does Carr describe the British mathematician Alan Turing?

8. How does attending Dartmouth College in the 1970s affect Carr's attitudes towards computers?

9. What is the central message from Marshall McLuhan's 1964 book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, according to Carr?

10. In Chapter One, what activity does Carr propose heavy Internet use has diminished human capacity for?

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