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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. Which writer does Carr identify in Chapter Eight as sounding the keynote for our modern approach to managing information?
(a) Marshall Lewis.
(b) Vannevar Bush.
(c) Noam Chomsky.
(d) George Bush.

2. As long ago as 8000 BC, what were some people using to keep track of livestock and other good for trading, according to Carr?
(a) Pencils.
(b) Stones.
(c) Paint.
(d) Small clay tokens with engraved symbols.

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

4. What kind of type did Johannes Gutenberg invent with the printing press?
(a) Immovable.
(b) Movable.
(c) Two-tone.
(d) Bold.

5. Which former editor of the New York Times Book Review has become a Kindle enthusiast, according to Carr in Chapter Six?
(a) Charles McGrath.
(b) Mary McGrath.
(c) Paul McGrath.
(d) Alice McGrath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book of Steven Johnson's does Carr cite in Chapter Seven?

2. In Chapter Seven, what does Carr say is the greatest paradox of using the Internet?

3. In Chapter Seven, what does Carr say the Net delivers to users on a daily basis through its high-speed system?

4. Fewer than one in ten page views extend beyond which of the following time frames, according to German researchers Carr cites in Chapter Seven?

5. In Chapter Six, what does Carr say is the one form of popular media that has been most resistant to the Net's influence?

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