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Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Nicholas Carr

READING COMPREHENSION QUIZ

Take the quiz below to check your comprehension of the reading selection:

Question 8.30

What film does Nicholas Carr reference at the beginning and end of this essay?

2001: A Space Odyssey

Star Wars: A New Hope

Apocalypse Now

Inception

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

Question 8.31

What evidence does Carr give that his brain is changing?

He struggles to come up with the words he’s looking for.

He can’t remember simple facts or details.

He can no longer read the same piece for extended periods of time.

All of these

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 8.32

What parts of the brain can the way we read affect?

Those responsible for processing visual stimuli

Those responsible for processing auditory stimuli

Those responsible for memory

All of these

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is D.

Question 8.33

Which invention or device does Carr compare to the Internet?

A map

A clock

A telephone

All of these

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is D.

Question 8.34

What will happen, according to Carr, if we lose the capacity for deep reading?

Short stories will become more popular.

Students will perform poorly in school.

We will sacrifice something important in ourselves and in our culture.

We will easily adapt to the new system, which will be better for us in the long run.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is C.

READING SUMMARY

Question 8.35

In a sentence or two, summarize the main idea of Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Be sure to put the summary in your own words and to avoid using the sentence structure of the reading selection. Consider multimodal elements (if any) as well as text. Remember that your summary should restate the selection’s main idea and include only the most important supporting ideas.

Below is an example summary of this reading selection:Nicholas Carr argues that using the Internet, particularly Internet search engines, has changed the way we think, making it harder to concentrate on a single idea or argument over a long period of time. Carr argues that the ability to concentrate is an essential skill for developing intelligence and one that overreliance on the Internet may endanger. Your summary will differ from this one in the way it is written, but it should include roughly the same information.

VOCABULARY QUIZ

Explain the meaning of each of the following words as it is used in the reading:

Question 8.36

Implacable (par. 1)

Implacable means merciless or relentless.

Question 8.37

Malleable (par. 10)

Malleable means impressionable or pliable.

Question 8.38

Gewgaw (par. 13)

Gewgaw means trinket or bauble.