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1
Carr writes that the computer is our servant, but it is simultaneously which of the following?
Our friend
Our savior
Our master
Our confidant
2
How many categories does Carr claim our technologies can be divided into?
8
2
7
4
3
How does Carr say the Net differs from much of the mass media it has displaced?
It is more accessible
It is bidirectional
It is cheap
It is democratic
4
What requires a calm attentive mind, other than deep thinking?
Sadness
Empathy and compassion
Reading to a child
Happiness
5
How did the map and clock change language indirectly, according to Carr?
New metaphors based on map and clock arose to describe natural phenomenon
People started drawing clock hands on their books
People started reading maps much more than they read books
People started using navigational terms for lit-related topics.
6
What else besides repeated physical actions can rewire the human brain?
Direct exposure to bright sunlight.
Purely mental activity.
Having and walking a dog every day.
Herbs and spices.
7
What kind of reading was largely unknown in the ancient world?
group reading
skimming
deep reading
silent reading
8
What does Carr cite Alphonse de Lamartine as predicting in 1831?
That the creation of television would kill movie theaters.
That newspapers would kill printed books.
That the phonograph would eclipse all other media.
The creation of the phone would mean people would never leave their homes
9
What does Carr say is the one form of popular media that has been most resistant to the Net's influence?
The DVD player.
The record player
The book
The television
10
What does Carr argue the Net commands with a far greater insistency than television or radio?
Education
Emotions
Attention
Money
11
What does the novelist Corey Doctorow say happens whenever we turn on our computers?
We are plunged into an "ecosystem of interruption technologies."
We are contributing to Google's advertising revenue.
We are given small electric shocks.
We are re-wiring our neural pathways in our brains.
12
Why does Carr claim that we want to be interrupted as we work on the Net?
We are social creatures by nature, and we love social media messages
We all need frequent breaks to process new information
Each interruption brings us a valuable piece of information
We love to communicate through the written word, and email is the way to go
13
How did most literate Greek and Romans consume literature in the earliest days of the written word?
They had crude recordings of the authors reading their own works.
They went to mass where the priests read religious texts to congregations
Slaves read to them.
They always had their children read to them.
14
What did Aristotle think the primary function of the human brain was?
To keep the emotions in check
To process auditory signals
To keep the body from overheating
To keep the heart beating
15
What does Carr say was a feature of early writing that is hard for us to imagine today?
There was no capitalization
There were no spaces separating the words
The ancient writers only used two vowels
There was only blue and red ink in use
16
What kind of type did Johannes Gutenberg invent with the printing press?
two-toned
bold
movable
immovable
17
How did the rise of silent reading change the architecture of libraries, according to Carr?
Individual rooms with doors than could be closed were installed
Small, individual desks were installed
Theaters were installed
Longer tables in open spaces where people could read silently side by side
18
What is Google's Silicon Valley headquarters called?
The Lab
The Church
The Manlo Park Building
The Googleplex
19
What do determinists believe, according to Carr?
Tools of technology are powerful forces that can reshape history
Tools of technology are only for the wealthy.
Tools of technology are signs of human progress.
Tools of technology are signs of human regression.
20
Which alphabet became the model for most Western alphabets?
Arabic
Greek
Chinese
Russian
21
What did the Flynn effect refer to?
The steady decrease in IQ scores around the globe throughout the 20th cent
The steady decline in tech skills in the developed world during 1990s
The steady increase in IQ scores around the globe throughout the 20th cent
The steady rise in technological skills in the develop world during 1990s
22
What does Carr argue that hyperlinks do in a text?
Propel us towards supplemental works and distract us
Help us understand topics better
Strain our eyes
Re-wire our neural pathways in our brains
23
What does Carr say will happen to culture if we outsource our collective memory to computers and the Internet?
Culture will become less important
Culture will flourish
Culture will wither
Culture will not change
24
Who were the first people to start manufacturing scrolls of papyrus?
Greeks
Europeans
Egyptians
Arabs
25
What does technology writer Don Tapscott say is a waste of time in the information age?
Memorization
Playing video games
Socialization
Reading books
26
What do instrumentalists believe, according to Carr?
Tools of technology will be the end of humanity.
Tools of technology are neutral in themselves and have no ends of their own
Tools of technology are only for the wealthy.
Tools of technology are signs of human progress.
27
What does Carr say that multitasking on a computer has made it commonplace for users to do?
Have several windows and applications open at the same time.
Having landline phone and social media convos while also writing a blog
Have several e-books open at the same time to read.
Have several social media platform convos while also talking on the phone
28
About how many bibles did Gutenberg print before running out of money?
500
200
1000
5000
29
What does Carr say the Net delivers to users on a daily basis through its high-speed systems?
Neg feelings in the form of jealousy at seeing others social media pics
Rewards that our brain treats the same way as it treats sugar
Positive reinforcements
More information than anyone could retain.
30
What does Norwegian literary studies professor, Anne Mangen, say all reading is?
Multi-sensory
An exercise in patience
A means of self-improvement.
A sign of humanity's progress
31
In Chapter 3, what does Carr posit is one way to trace the intellectual maturation of individuals?
Through how quickly they can do multiplication tables.
Through the way people draw pictures or maps of their surroundings.
Through how many languages they speak.
Through assessing a person's emotional intelligence.
32
Carr says that if working memory is the mind's scratch pad, then long-term memory is which of the following?
Its attic
Its Dewey Decimal system
Its safe
Its filing system
33
Theorist Marshall McLuhan said that media forms supply the stuff of thought and also do which of the following?
Shape the process of thought.
Help people learn how to grow gardens.
Shape the business models of technology.
Help people learn to read more quickly.
34
How does the brain's ability to adapt to change shift as people age?
The brain becomes less able to change as people age.
The brain requires surgery to be able to change as people age.
The brain becomes more able to change as people age.
The brain needs medication to be able to change as people age.
35
Psychologist Vaughan Bell says the ability to focus on a single task represents THIS in the history of psych development
A progressive lead forward
A hindrance in human survival rates
A strange anomaly
A natural step in human history
36
What skill was Plato best known for?
Writing
Oration
Debating
Editing
37
How did much of the early evidence of neuroplasticity come about?
Through experiments about language.
Through experiments about the movement of the right arm.
Through experiments researchers tracked on ultrasound machines.
Through experiments that studied the brain's reaction to injuries.
38
What did the creation of word breaks and punctuation do for readers as the act of writing evolved?
Readers became more likely to want to attend the theater.
Readers became more likely to also want to listen to music as they read
Readers became more receptive to having their children learn to read
Readers became more efficient and more attentive.
39
In what year does Carr say he starts to have reservations about how his time spent online is affecting him?
1985
1995
2007
2000
40
What line did Walt Whitman write in one of the opening verses of Leaves of Grass?
We have seen the enemy, and it is us.
Do not put your faith in frivolous tools.
I can not take the world as it is much longer.
I project the history of the future.
41
Which of the following does Carr say became a prerequisite for intellectual achievement?
The ability to read very quickly
The ability project one's voice in a debating hall
Silent, solitary reading
The ability to write neatly
42
What does researcher Gary Smalls say that using the Net is like in terms of how the brain has to work, in some ways?
running
Doing a crossword puzzle
watching television
Eating
43
What does the researcher, Nicole Speer, say about the act of deep reading?
It is only achievable with absolute silence.
It is not passive, but rather very active.
It is a prerequisite for academic achievement.
It is not possible for many people to focus long enough to read deeply.
44
What does Carr say he finds himself trapped in by the mid-1990s relating to computer equipment purchasing?
A cycle of debt.
A process of trying to keep up with friends.
A frustrating cycle of devices breaking.
An upgrade cycle.
45
According to Carr, every technology is an expression ow which of the following?
Progress
Human will
Ingenuity
Foresight
46
Who carried out ground-breaking experiments in the late 1960s that pioneered the ideas of neuroplasticity?
Rene Descartes
Michael Merzenich
Norman Doidge
Jessica Joyner
47
What does Hebb's rule say?
Brain cells that regenerate are called super brain cells.
Brain cells that can shift their function from one thing to another suck.
Brain cells that fire together wire together.
Brain cells that do not ever change are called static.
48
Who does Carr claim were the first people to use a specialized medium for writing?
The Sumerians
The Greeks
The Europeans
The Arabs
49
What did the first civilization in Mesopotamia use to write on?
paper
stone
wax
clay
50
What does Carr say about the state of electronic books?
They are sure to outpace book sales in the next few years.
They are sure to be a centerpiece of Apple's business model in next years
They are sure to replace books entirely by the end of the decade.
Despite years of hype, most people have not shown much interest in them.
51
What does Carr say is the biggest paradox of using the Internet?
We think we are in control of the Net, but it is actually controlling us
We think the Net is cheap, but it is actually expensive.
We think the Net is educating us, but it is making it harder to concentrate
The Net grabs our attentions only to scatter it
52
What is the name of the computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Wemberly
Dave
HAL
Winifred
53
What does Ong say that writing does for consciousness?
Eclipses it
Heightens it
Has neutral effect on it
Diminishes it
54
What skill was Socrates most well-known for?
Oration
Debating
Editing
Writing
55
What did Joseph Weizenbaum identify as a great danger for people as they became more involved with their computers?
That they would lose their humanity.
That they would begin to behave more aggressively towards their pets.
That they would mistake computers for humans.
That they would not be able to remember things any more.
56
How does Carr himself contribute to Internet content by the mid-2000s?
He becomes a marketing chief for Google.
He becomes a blogger.
He becomes a user-interface professional for Apple.
He becomes a software engineer.
57
What did Marissa Mayer call Google's moon shot?
Its effort to digitize all the world's printed books.
Its effort to fund public schools
Its effort to target ads to users
Its effort to optimize its search results.
