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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. Which famous philosopher from the 1800s wrote an appreciative small piece about his love for the typewriter?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Karl Marx.

2. According to Carr in Chapter Three, every technology is an expression of which of the following?
(a) Human will.
(b) Ingenuity.
(c) Progress.
(d) Foresight.

3. How many categories does Carr claim our technologies can be divided into in Chapter Three?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

4. How did much of the early evidence of neuroplasticity come about?
(a) Through experiments about language.
(b) Through experiments researches tracked on ultrasound machines.
(c) Through experiments about the movement of the right arm.
(d) Through experiments that studied the brain's reaction to injuries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms did Jeffrey Schwartz of UCLA coin?

2. Who laid out a theory of dualism in his Meditations of 1641?

3. What does Carr say he finds himself trapped in by the mid-1990s relating to computer equipment purchasing?

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

5. Which media mogul at RCA and NBC dismissed criticism of the mass media on which his career was built in the year 1955?

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