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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 133 - 176).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the first civilizations in Mesopotamia use to write on?
(a) Wax.
(b) Clay.
(c) Stone.
(d) Paper.

2. What mediums does Carr cite in Chapter Five as trying to become more web-like?
(a) TV Shows and radio.
(b) Records and audiobooks.
(c) CDs and DVDs.
(d) TV shows and movies.

3. In Chapter Six, what does Carr say a book retains over the computer as a device for reading?
(a) Some financial challenges.
(b) Some compelling advantages.
(c) Some support from authors.
(d) Some serious drawbacks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carr say that the Net is by design in Chapter Seven?

2. According to Carr in Chapter Seven, which of the following forms the major bottleneck in our brains?

3. Which dialogue did Plato write about love, beauty and rhetoric that Carr references in Chapter Three?

4. What was one of the main drawbacks to scrolls?

5. What letter do people's eye movements roughly trace the shape of when they read content online, according to researcher Jakob Nielsen?

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