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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 177 - 224).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the HAL 9000 computer made operational, according to Carr in Chapter One?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1992.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1999.

2. Which inventor and futurist wrote a 1996 essay on the legacy of 2001: A Space Odyssey?
(a) Mark Zuckerberg.
(b) Noam Chompsky.
(c) Marshall McLuhan.
(d) Ray Kurzweil.

3. What did William James declare in 1892 was the art of remembering?
(a) The art of distraction.
(b) The art of thinking.
(c) The art of love.
(d) The art of storytelling.

4. How did the rise of silent reading change the architecture of libraries, according to Carr?
(a) Private carrels and cloisters were torn out in favor of longer tables in open spaces where people could read silently side by side.
(b) Theaters were installed.
(c) Small, individual desks were installed.
(d) Individual rooms with doors that could be closed were installed.

5. What kind of award did Eric Kandel win for his work on sea slugs in the 1970s?
(a) The Queen's Citation for Excellence in Science.
(b) The Nobel Prize.
(c) The James Fields Medal.
(d) The Royal Academy's Science Award.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an early version of Google called in 1996?

2. What did Aristotle think the primary function of the human brain was?

3. What does the Turning Test designed to measure?

4. How many categories does Carr claim our technologies can be divided into in Chapter Three?

5. What are the tiny jumps people's eye movements make as they read, as discovered by Louis Emilie Javal in 1879?

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