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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how much did Carr spend on his first real computer purchase in 1986?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $5,000.

2. What else besides repeated physical actions can rewire the human brain?
(a) Direct exposure to bright sunlight.
(b) Having and walking a dog every day.
(c) Purely mental activity.
(d) Herbs and spices.

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

4. Who wrote the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man?
(a) Nicholas Carr.
(b) Walter Winchell.
(c) Marshall McLuhan.
(d) Merrion Crace.

5. In what year does Carr say he starts to have reservations and misgivings about how his time spent online is affecting him?
(a) 1995.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the inventor of the typewriter?

2. When was the Apple Computer company incorporated?

3. What did Aristotle think the primary function of the human brain was?

4. In what year was the HAL 9000 computer made operational, according to Carr in Chapter One?

5. According to Carr in Chapter Three, every technology is an expression of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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