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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the psychologist Vaughan Bell saw the ability to focus on a single task represents in the history of psychological development?
(a) A hindrance in human survival rates.
(b) A progressive lead forward.
(c) A strange anomaly.
(d) A natural step in human history.

2. According to Carr, language itself is NOT which of the following?
(a) A group exercise.
(b) A technology.
(c) A critical means of communication.
(d) Usually learned by the age of 5.

3. How does the brain's ability to adapt to changes shift as people age?
(a) The brain requires surgery to be able to change as people age.
(b) The brain becomes more able to change as people age.
(c) The brain needs medication to be able to change as people age.
(d) The brain becomes less able to change as quickly as people age.

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

5. What famous work of Saint Augustine's does Carr reference in Chapter Four?
(a) Confessions.
(b) Illuminati.
(c) The DaVinci Code.
(d) Phaedrus.

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

7. Who were the first people to start manufacturing scrolls of papyrus?
(a) Europeans.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Arabs.

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

9. Which media mogul at RCA and NBC dismissed criticism of the mass media on which his career was built in the year 1955?
(a) Les Moonves.
(b) David Sarnoff.
(c) Walter White.
(d) Walter Winchell.

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

11. Who created the Hypercard application?
(a) James Jamison.
(b) Harry Prevnar.
(c) Charles Lightner.
(d) Bill Atkinson.

12. What does Hebb's rule say?
(a) Brain cells that fire together wire together.
(b) Brain cells that can shift their function from one thing to another are called transformers.
(c) Brain cells that do not ever change are called static.
(d) Brain cells that regenerate after injury are called super brain cells.

13. What do instrumentalists believe, according to Carr?
(a) Tools of technology will be the end of humanity.
(b) Tools of technology have their own paths and need to be tightly controlled.
(c) Tools of technology are only for the wealthy.
(d) Tools of technology are neutral in themselves and have no ends of their own.

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

15. What does the researcher Nicole Speer say about the act of deep reading?
(a) It is not possible for many people to focus long enough to read deeply.
(b) It is not passive, but rather very active.
(c) It is a prerequisite for academic achievement.
(d) It is only achievable with absolute silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of award did Eric Kandel win for his work on sea slugs in the 1970s?

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

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

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

5. What do determinists believe, according to Carr?

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