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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 publisher brought a book out in 2009 that had been created with Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software?
(a) Random House.
(b) Harper Books.
(c) Penguin.
(d) O'Reilly Media.

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

3. In Chapter Six, what does Carr say that multitasking on a computer has made it commonplace for users to do?
(a) Have a landline phone and social media conversation happening at the same time as one writes a blog.
(b) Have several social media platform conversations happening at the same time while also talking on the phone.
(c) Have several e-books open at the same time to read.
(d) Have several windows and applications open at the same time.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the mathematician Larry Page asked to work with him on the first iteration of Google's search function?

2. Which book did Christine Rosen of the Ethics and Public Policy Center first try to read on a Kindle?

3. In Chapter Seven, what does Carr say is the greatest paradox of using the Internet?

4. Who did Gutenberg secure funding for his printing press from?

5. As long ago as 8000 BC, what were some people using to keep track of livestock and other good for trading, according to Carr?

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