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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carr say was a feature of early writing that is hard for us to imagine today?
(a) The ancient writers only used two vowels.
(b) There were no spaces separating the words.
(c) There was only blue and red ink in use.
(d) There was no capitalization.

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

3. Which was one of the first computers Carr ever bought for his own personal use?
(a) One of IBM's earliest desktops.
(b) One of Apple's earliest Macintoshes.
(c) An early Apple Smartphone.
(d) One of Toshibia's early laptops.

4. About how much did Carr spend on his first real computer purchase in 1986?
(a) $500.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $10,000.

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the Hypercard application?

2. Who was the inventor of the typewriter?

3. Who was one of the first biologists to argue that the human brain might be in a constant state of flux?

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

5. According to Carr, language itself is NOT which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Three, what does Carr identify as the philosopher Socrates' fear that widespread reading would replace?

2. In Chapter Three, what does Carr identify as the format of some of the earliest Sumerian writing that archaeologists and historians have uncovered?

3. According to Carr, how did the first maps change society?

4. In Chapter Five, what does Carr say research suggests about the relationship between the time people spend on the Net and the time they spend watching television?

5. When scientists first discovered how adaptable, or "plastic" the brain was, how did the field of neuroscience receive this revelation?

6. How did the neuroscientist Michael Merzenich prove the brain was more changeable than was previously thought with his experiments in the 1960s?

7. In Chapter Five, how does Carr describe the British mathematician Alan Turing?

8. How does Carr claim the creation of clocks influenced civilization?

9. What does Carr think is the relationship between a medium and the content conveyed through that medium?

10. In Chapter One, how does Joe O'Shea feel about his decision to stop reading books in favor of the shorter-form content of the Internet?

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