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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which dialogue did Plato write about love, beauty and rhetoric that Carr references in Chapter Three?
2. Where did Lee de Forest grow up?
3. Carr writes that the computer is our servant, but it is simultaneously which of the following?
4. In what year was the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man published?
5. About how many bibles did Gutenberg print before running out of money?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Carr describe the characteristics of a so-called technological determinist?
2. In Chapter One, how does Joe O'Shea feel about his decision to stop reading books in favor of the shorter-form content of the Internet?
3. In Chapter Three, what does Carr identify as the format of some of the earliest Sumerian writing that archaeologists and historians have uncovered?
4. In Chapter Five, how does Carr describe the British mathematician Alan Turing?
5. How does Carr describe the beliefs of a technological instrumentalist?
6. In Chapter One, what activity does Carr propose heavy Internet use has diminished human capacity for?
7. What does Carr think is the relationship between a medium and the content conveyed through that medium?
8. What movie does Carr reference in Chapter One, and what does he use the reference to illustrate?
9. In Chapter Five, what is the most important difference Carr identifies between the Net and most of the mass media it replaces, like television?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the relationship between Internet use and human memory, according to Carr? Why are our Internet browsing habits so bad for our memories in Carr's opinion? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Carr argues that books and book reading as people have know them throughout history are in their "cultural twilight" (110). Write an essay explaining what Carr means by this and explore your own opinions on the future of books and book reading.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay explaining why Carr is reluctant to believe, at first, that using a tool like the Internet can actually change the way his brain works and functions, citing specific references to the text to support your answers. What factors, events, or conversations change Carr's mind on this topic?
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