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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 89 - 132).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Three, what does Ong say that writing does for consciousness?
(a) Diminishes it.
(b) Eclipses it.
(c) Has a neutral effect on it.
(d) Heightens it.

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

4. Which major publisher does Carr mention in Chapter Six that began publishing e-novels with videos embedded in them?
(a) Hyperion.
(b) Simon and Shuster.
(c) Random House.
(d) Penguin.

5. Who laid out a theory of dualism in his Meditations of 1641?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Rene Descartes.
(c) Stephen Daedalus.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill was Socrates most well-known for?

2. What kind of type did Johannes Gutenberg invent with the printing press?

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

4. How does Carr himself contribute to Internet content by the mid-2000s?

5. Who is the president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment that Carr mentions in Chapter Five?

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