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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 89 - 132).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the map and clock change language indirectly, according to Carr?
(a) People started reading maps much more than they read books.
(b) People started drawing clock hands on their books.
(c) New metaphors based on the map and clock arose to describe natural phenomenon.
(d) People started using navigational terms for literature-related topics.

2. In Chapter Three, what does Carr posit is one way to trace the intellectual maturation of individuals?
(a) Through how many languages people speak.
(b) Through the way people draw pictures or maps of their surroundings.
(c) Through how quickly people can do multiplication tables.
(d) Through assessing a person's emotional intelligence.

3. In Chapter Five, which publication does Carr cite as once being known for publishing long-form pieces by journalists like Hunter S. Thompson?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Vanity Fair.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) Clarion.

4. In Chapter Five, what does Carr argue that hyperlinks do in a text?
(a) Propel us towards supplemental works.
(b) Strain our eyes.
(c) Help us understand topics better.
(d) Re-wire the neural pathways in our brains.

5. Which researcher carried out the first studies that showed people's brains changing in response to Internet use?
(a) Michael Mezenich.
(b) Gayle Peterson.
(c) Nicole Speer.
(d) Gary Small.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do determinists believe, according to Carr?

2. In Chapter Five, what does Carr say is Colorado's oldest newspaper?

3. According to Carr in Chapter Four, what kind of reading was largely unknown in the ancient world?

4. What publisher brought a book out in 2009 that had been created with Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software?

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

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