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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. Which neuroscientist carried out ground-breaking experiments in the late 1960s that pioneered the ideas of neuroplasticity?
(a) Norman Dodge.
(b) Rene Descartes.
(c) Michael Merzenich.
(d) Jessica Joyner.

2. What did the creation of word breaks and punctuation do for readers as the act of writing evolved, according to Carr?
(a) Readers became more receptive to having their children learn to read.
(b) Readers became more efficient and more attentive.
(c) Readers became more likely to want to attend the theater.
(d) Readers became more likely to also want to listen to music as they were reading.

3. What device does Carr buy in 1990 that increases his ability to connect to the nascent Internet?
(a) An external hard drive.
(b) A Hypercard.
(c) A modem.
(d) A cyber-optic cable connector.

4. In Chapter Three, which of the following does Carr say is often not recognized by a technology's inventor?
(a) Its intellectual ethic.
(b) Its cost.
(c) Its benefits.
(d) Its longevity.

5. What does the phrase scriptura continua refer to, according to Carr in Chapter Four?
(a) The popular novels of Ancient Greece.
(b) The long scrolls common in ancient Egypt.
(c) The fact that in the earliest days of the written word, there were no spaces between words.
(d) The serials people loved to read in Ancient Rome.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the rise of silent reading change the architecture of libraries, according to Carr?

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

4. Carr writes that the computer is our servant, but it is simultaneously which of the following?

5. When was the Apple Computer company incorporated?

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