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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 45 - 88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of award did Eric Kandel win for his work on sea slugs in the 1970s?
(a) The Nobel Prize.
(b) The Queen's Citation for Excellence in Science.
(c) The Royal Academy's Science Award.
(d) The James Fields Medal.

2. What does Carr say he finds himself trapped in by the mid-1990s relating to computer equipment purchasing?
(a) A cycle of debt.
(b) A process of trying to keep up with friends by purchasing the latest equipment.
(c) A frustrating cycle of devices breaking and Carr needing to spent a lot of money to replace them.
(d) An upgrade cycle.

3. What does Hebb's rule say?
(a) Brain cells that fire together wire together.
(b) Brain cells that regenerate after injury are called super brain cells.
(c) Brain cells that can shift their function from one thing to another are called transformers.
(d) Brain cells that do not ever change are called static.

4. What do instrumentalists believe, according to Carr?
(a) Tools of technology have their own paths and need to be tightly controlled.
(b) Tools of technology are neutral in themselves and have no ends of their own.
(c) Tools of technology are only for the wealthy.
(d) Tools of technology will be the end of humanity.

5. In which year was Carr born?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the first civilizations in Mesopotamia use to write on?

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

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

4. How does Carr say the Net differs most from much of the mass media it has displaced?

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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