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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the main drawbacks to scrolls?
(a) There was never enough ink to use on the scrolls.
(b) They were only used by the poorest people.
(c) They were expensive.
(d) They were fragile.

2. How many categories does Carr claim our technologies can be divided into in Chapter Three?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. What does the Turning Test designed to measure?
(a) The bandwith of fiber optic cables.
(b) A machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior that is equal to, or even indistinguishable from, a human's.
(c) The strength of a code.
(d) Signal strength of transistors.

4. About how many bibles did Gutenberg print before running out of money?
(a) 200.
(b) 500.
(c) 1000.
(d) 5000.

5. According to Carr, what did the widespread use of clocks do for civilization?
(a) Helped people maximize their productivity in terms of farming and harvesting food.
(b) Helped people keep Seasonal Affective Disorder in check.
(c) Helped people stop missing appointments.
(d) Helped move societies from agrarian ones to more urban, higher-tech ones.

6. Which university was at the forefront of computer programming and technological advances in the late 1970s, according to Carr?
(a) Florida State University.
(b) Penn State University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Dartmouth University.

7. Which famous philosopher from the 1800s wrote an appreciative small piece about his love for the typewriter?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(d) William Shakespeare.

8. What is the name of the computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?
(a) HAL.
(b) Winifred.
(c) Dave.
(d) Wemberly.

9. 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) Paint.
(b) Stones.
(c) Small clay tokens with engraved symbols.
(d) Pencils.

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

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

12. Where did Lee de Forest grow up?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.

13. What job did Johannes Gutenberg have before inventing the printing press?
(a) He was a doctor.
(b) He was an accountant.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a goldsmith.

14. Carr writes that the computer is our servant, but it is simultaneously which of the following?
(a) Our savior.
(b) Our confidant.
(c) Our friend.
(d) Our master.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which former Rhodes Scholar and former student body president at Florida State University told Carr he does not read books any longer?

2. In what year was the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man published?

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

4. What did the first civilizations in Mesopotamia use to write on?

5. How did much of the early evidence of neuroplasticity come about?

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