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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 133 - 176).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill was Plato best known for?
(a) Editing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Oration.
(d) Debating.

2. What do determinists believe, according to Carr?
(a) Tools of technology are powerful forces that can reshape history and have an enormous influence on the path of societies.
(b) Tools of technology are signs of human regression.
(c) Tools of technology are signs of human progress.
(d) Tools of technology are only for the wealthy.

3. Who was the inventor of the typewriter?
(a) John Michael Gutenberg.
(b) Hans Rasmus Johann Malling-Hansen.
(c) Johannes Burler.
(d) James Joyce.

4. In Chapter Three, what does Carr say thinking is governed by in a purely oral culture?
(a) The storytelling skills of its elders.
(b) The length of the candles.
(c) The capacity of human memory.
(d) The ability of its teachers to impart debating skills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Nathaniel Hawthorne write about the advantages of people spending time in nature?

2. In Chapter Five, which newspaper does Carr cite as ceasing its print edition in 2009?

3. Which author wrote a 1997 history of the pursuit of artificial intelligence?

4. In Chapter Three, what does Carr say Theuth thought about the art of writing?

5. According to Carr in Chapter Eight, how could the authority of any Web page be gauged in the early days of Google's first search engine?

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