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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 177 - 224).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Carr himself contribute to Internet content by the mid-2000s?
(a) He becomes a user-interface professional for Apple.
(b) He becomes a marketing chief for Google.
(c) He becomes a software engineer.
(d) He becomes a blogger.

2. What are the tiny jumps people's eye movements make as they read, as discovered by Louis Emilie Javal in 1879?
(a) Croquets.
(b) Malinas.
(c) Scavulas.
(d) Saccades.

3. How does the brain's ability to adapt to changes shift as people age?
(a) The brain requires surgery to be able to change as people age.
(b) The brain becomes more able to change as people age.
(c) The brain needs medication to be able to change as people age.
(d) The brain becomes less able to change as quickly as people age.

4. Where was Johannes Gutenberg born?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Rome.
(c) Mainz.
(d) Paris.

5. What did a 2006 study by Jupiter Research reveal a huge overlap in, according to Carr in Chapter Five?
(a) TV viewing and Smartphone use.
(b) Smartphone use and computer use.
(c) Web surfing and eating.
(d) TV viewing and Web surfing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Greek mother of the Muses?

2. What is the name of the computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?

3. What was the title of the paper Alan Turing authored in which he asked the question about whether or not machines could think?

4. About how much did Carr spend on his first real computer purchase in 1986?

5. What job did Johannes Gutenberg have before inventing the printing press?

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