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1. The earliest kind of print technology was developed in which region?
A. Europe
B. East Asia
C. Africa
D. America
2. In China, books were printed by rubbing paper against which surface?
A. Metal plates
B. Palm leaves
C. Woodblocks
D. Stone tablets
3. What kind of book format was traditionally used in China because both sides of thin sheets could not be printed?
A. Spiral book
B. Accordion book
C. Paperback book
D. Hardbound book
4. Which group was the major producer of printed material in China for a long time?
A. Farmers
B. Merchants
C. Imperial state
D. Artists
5. By the 17th century in China, reading increasingly became a __________ activity.
A. Political
B. Religious
C. Leisure
D. Secret
6. Which Japanese book, printed in AD 868, is considered one of the oldest?
A. Rigveda
B. Diamond Sutra
C. Gita Govinda
D. Tripitaka Koreana
7. The art form ukiyo in Japan depicted what?
A. Natural disasters
B. Pictures of the floating world
C. Maps of trade routes
D. Scientific diagrams
8. Who was the famous ukiyo artist born in Edo in 1753?
A. Shunman Kubo
B. Raja Ravi Varma
C. Kitagawa Utamaro
D. Johann Gutenberg
9. Which European traveller brought knowledge of Chinese woodblock printing to Italy in 1295?
A. Vasco da Gama
B. Marco Polo
C. Ibn Battuta
D. Columbus
10. What material were luxury European manuscripts written on?
A. Wood pulp
B. Palm leaves
C. Vellum
D. Papyrus
11. Who developed the first known printing press in the 1430s at Strasbourg?
A. William Caxton
B. Johann Gutenberg
C. Martin Luther
D. Thomas Paine
12. What was the first book printed by Gutenberg?
A. New Testament
B. Gita Govinda
C. Diamond Sutra
D. The Bible
13. How many copies of books flooded European markets in the second half of the 15th century?
A. 5 million
B. 20 million
C. 200 million
D. 500 million
14. The Gutenberg press could print how many sheets on one side per hour?
A. 50
B. 100
C. 250
D. 500
15. With the printing press, which new public emerged in Europe?
A. Political public
B. Religious public
C. Hearing public
D. Reading public
16. Before the age of print, knowledge among common people was mainly transferred through:
A. Silent reading
B. Oral culture
C. Printed pamphlets
D. Radio broadcasts
17. To attract those who could not read, printers published:
A. Manuscripts with gold
B. Illustrated ballads and folk tales
C. Stone inscriptions
D. Blank notebooks
18. Which reformer wrote Ninety Five Theses against the Roman Catholic Church in 1517?
A. Erasmus
B. Martin Luther
C. Voltaire
D. Rousseau
19. Martin Luther called printing the:
A. Curse of God
B. Greatest evil
C. Ultimate gift of God
D. Simple tool of merchants
20. What was the Roman Catholic Church’s response to popular readings questioning faith?
A. Support for publishers
B. Index of Prohibited Books
C. Patronage of artists
D. Encouraging newspapers
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