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100 MCQs on Print Culture and the Modern World

100 MCQs on Print Culture and the Modern World

1. What is the title of the chapter?

  • A) Everyday Life, Culture and Politics
  • B) Print Culture and the Modern World
  • C) The First Printed Books
  • D) Print Comes to Europe
B) Print Culture and the Modern World

2. In which year is the document dated?

  • A) 2023-24
  • B) 2024-25
  • C) 2025-26
  • D) 2022-23
B) 2024-25

3. What is difficult for us to imagine according to the chapter?

  • A) A world with printed matter
  • B) A world without printed matter
  • C) A world with only digital media
  • D) A world with handwritten books
B) A world without printed matter

4. Where do we find evidence of print?

  • A) Only in books
  • B) Everywhere around us
  • C) Only in museums
  • D) Only in libraries
B) Everywhere around us

5. What is Fig. 1 depicting?

  • A) A modern printing press
  • B) Book making before the age of print
  • C) A Chinese accordion book
  • D) Gutenberg's Bible
B) Book making before the age of print

6. From which year were books in China printed by rubbing paper against woodblocks?

  • A) AD 594
  • B) AD 768
  • C) AD 868
  • D) AD 1295
A) AD 594

7. What is the traditional Chinese book called?

  • A) Scroll book
  • B) Accordion book
  • C) Bound book
  • D) Codex book
B) Accordion book

8. Who was the major producer of printed material in China for a long time?

  • A) Merchants
  • B) Scholar-officials
  • C) Imperial state
  • D) Courtesans
C) Imperial state

9. What increased the volume of print in China from the sixteenth century?

  • A) Decrease in examination candidates
  • B) Increase in examination candidates
  • C) Decline in urban culture
  • D) Ban on printing
B) Increase in examination candidates

10. By the seventeenth century, what diversified in China?

  • A) Uses of print
  • B) Handwriting styles
  • C) Oral traditions
  • D) Painting techniques
A) Uses of print

11. Who began to read and publish their works in China by the seventeenth century?

  • A) Only men
  • B) Rich women
  • C) Only officials
  • D) Merchants only
B) Rich women

12. What became the hub of the new print culture in China?

  • A) Beijing
  • B) Shanghai
  • C) Tokyo
  • D) Edo
B) Shanghai

13. When was hand-printing technology introduced to Japan?

  • A) AD 594
  • B) AD 768-770
  • C) AD 868
  • D) AD 1295
B) AD 768-770

14. What is the oldest Japanese book mentioned?

  • A) Tripitaka Koreana
  • B) Jikji
  • C) Diamond Sutra
  • D) Bible
C) Diamond Sutra

15. In which century did urban culture flourish in Edo?

  • A) Seventeenth
  • B) Eighteenth
  • C) Nineteenth
  • D) Sixteenth
B) Eighteenth

16. What art form was Kitagawa Utamaro known for?

  • A) Calligraphy
  • B) Ukiyo
  • C) Woodblock carving
  • D) Manuscript illumination
B) Ukiyo

17. What does 'ukiyo' mean?

  • A) Pictures of the floating world
  • B) Sacred texts
  • C) Imperial exams
  • D) Mechanical presses
A) Pictures of the floating world

18. Who influenced artists like Manet, Monet, and Van Gogh?

  • A) Gutenberg
  • B) Marco Polo
  • C) Kitagawa Utamaro
  • D) Johann Gutenberg
C) Kitagawa Utamaro

19. What is the Tripitaka Koreana?

  • A) A Japanese book
  • B) Korean collection of Buddhist scriptures
  • C) Chinese accordion book
  • D) European manuscript
B) Korean collection of Buddhist scriptures

20. When was the Tripitaka Koreana inscribed on UNESCO Memory of the World Register?

  • A) 2001
  • B) 2007
  • C) 2010
  • D) 1995
B) 2007

21. Through which route did silk and spices from China flow to Europe?

  • A) Sea route
  • B) Silk route
  • C) Air route
  • D) Land route only
B) Silk route

22. In which century did Chinese paper reach Europe?

  • A) Tenth
  • B) Eleventh
  • C) Twelfth
  • D) Thirteenth
B) Eleventh

23. Who brought woodblock printing knowledge back to Italy in 1295?

  • A) Gutenberg
  • B) Kitagawa Utamaro
  • C) Marco Polo
  • D) Tsutaya Juzaburo
C) Marco Polo

24. What was vellum?

  • A) Paper from wood
  • B) Parchment from animal skin
  • C) Metal type
  • D) Ink surface
B) Parchment from animal skin

25. Who scoffed at printed books as cheap vulgarities?

  • A) Common people
  • B) Aristocratic circles and rich monastic libraries
  • C) Merchants
  • D) Students
B) Aristocratic circles and rich monastic libraries

26. What were book fairs held for?

  • A) Exporting books
  • B) Importing spices
  • C) Religious debates
  • D) Art exhibitions
A) Exporting books

27. Why could handwritten manuscripts not satisfy the demand for books?

  • A) They were cheap
  • B) They were expensive, laborious, and time-consuming
  • C) They were durable
  • D) They were easy to carry
B) They were expensive, laborious, and time-consuming

28. By the early fifteenth century, what was widely used in Europe?

  • A) Mechanical presses
  • B) Woodblocks for printing
  • C) Digital printing
  • D) Handwriting only
B) Woodblocks for printing

29. Where did the breakthrough in print technology occur?

  • A) Shanghai
  • B) Edo
  • C) Strasbourg, Germany
  • D) Beijing
C) Strasbourg, Germany

30. Who developed the first-known printing press?

  • A) Marco Polo
  • B) Kitagawa Utamaro
  • C) Johann Gutenberg
  • D) Tsutaya Juzaburo
C) Johann Gutenberg

31. In which decade was the first printing press developed?

  • A) 1420s
  • B) 1430s
  • C) 1440s
  • D) 1450s
B) 1430s

32. What was Gutenberg's profession?

  • A) Farmer
  • B) Son of a merchant
  • C) Priest
  • D) Artist
B) Son of a merchant

33. What provided the model for the printing press?

  • A) Wine press
  • B) Olive press
  • C) Gold press
  • D) Stone press
B) Olive press

34. What was the first book printed by Gutenberg?

  • A) Diamond Sutra
  • B) Bible
  • C) Jikji
  • D) Tripitaka Koreana
B) Bible

35. How many copies of the Bible did Gutenberg print?

  • A) 100
  • B) 180
  • C) 200
  • D) 250
B) 180

36. How long did it take to produce Gutenberg's Bible copies?

  • A) One year
  • B) Two years
  • C) Three years
  • D) Four years
C) Three years

37. In printed books for the rich, what was kept blank?

  • A) Text
  • B) Space for decoration
  • C) Borders
  • D) Illustrations
B) Space for decoration

38. Between 1450 and 1550, how many printing presses were set up in Europe?

  • A) In few countries
  • B) In most countries
  • C) Only in Germany
  • D) Only in Italy
B) In most countries

39. In the second half of the fifteenth century, how many printed books were there in Europe?

  • A) 10 million
  • B) 20 million
  • C) 200 million
  • D) 2 million
B) 20 million

40. What led to the print revolution?

  • A) Shift from mechanical to hand printing
  • B) Shift from hand printing to mechanical printing
  • C) Decline in books
  • D) Increase in manuscripts
B) Shift from hand printing to mechanical printing

41. How many copies of Gutenberg's Bible have survived?

  • A) More than 50
  • B) No more than 50
  • C) 100
  • D) 180
B) No more than 50

42. In Gutenberg's Bible, what was added by hand?

  • A) Text
  • B) Borders and illustrations
  • C) Metal types
  • D) Paper
B) Borders and illustrations

43. What is a compositor?

  • A) Person who prints books
  • B) Person who composes the text for printing
  • C) Person who sells books
  • D) Person who writes manuscripts
B) Person who composes the text for printing

44. What is a galley?

  • A) Wooden board
  • B) Metal frame in which types are laid
  • C) Printing press
  • D) Ink bottle
B) Metal frame in which types are laid

45. What did the print revolution transform?

  • A) Only book production
  • B) Lives of people, relationship to information and institutions
  • C) Only art forms
  • D) Only trade
B) Lives of people, relationship to information and institutions

46. What emerged with the printing press?

  • A) A new hearing public
  • B) A new reading public
  • C) A new writing public
  • D) A new speaking public
B) A new reading public

47. What reduced the cost of books?

  • A) Handwriting
  • B) Printing
  • C) Oral narration
  • D) Painting
B) Printing

48. Before print, who had access to reading?

  • A) Common people
  • B) Elites
  • C) Merchants only
  • D) Women only
B) Elites

49. What was the world of common people before print?

  • A) Print culture
  • B) Oral culture
  • C) Digital culture
  • D) Visual culture
B) Oral culture

50. What did printers publish to attract common people?

  • A) Scholarly texts
  • B) Popular ballads and folk tales with pictures
  • C) Imperial exams
  • D) Manuscripts
B) Popular ballads and folk tales with pictures

51. Where were ballads and folk tales sung and recited?

  • A) In libraries
  • B) In villages and taverns
  • C) In schools
  • D) In courts
B) In villages and taverns

52. What became intermingled with print?

  • A) Oral culture
  • B) Digital culture
  • C) Handwriting
  • D) Painting only
A) Oral culture

53. What is a ballad?

  • A) A prose story
  • B) A historical account or folk tale in verse, sung or recited
  • C) A painting
  • D) A manuscript
B) A historical account or folk tale in verse, sung or recited

54. What are taverns?

  • A) Libraries
  • B) Places to drink, eat, meet friends, and exchange news
  • C) Schools
  • D) Printing shops
B) Places to drink, eat, meet friends, and exchange news

55. What is the Jikji?

  • A) Chinese book
  • B) One of the world’s oldest books printed with movable metal type
  • C) Japanese print
  • D) European manuscript
B) One of the world’s oldest books printed with movable metal type

56. When was the Jikji inscribed on UNESCO Memory of the World Register?

  • A) 2001
  • B) 2007
  • C) 2010
  • D) 1995
A) 2001

57. What is calligraphy?

  • A) Art of printing
  • B) Art of beautiful and stylised writing
  • C) Art of carving
  • D) Art of painting
B) Art of beautiful and stylised writing

58. Who introduced hand-printing to Japan?

  • A) Buddhist missionaries from China
  • B) Marco Polo
  • C) Gutenberg
  • D) Korean monks
A) Buddhist missionaries from China

59. What were printed on in medieval Japan?

  • A) Only books
  • B) Textiles, playing cards, paper money
  • C) Only paintings
  • D) Manuscripts
B) Textiles, playing cards, paper money

60. What were libraries and bookstores packed with in late eighteenth century Japan?

  • A) Manuscripts
  • B) Hand-printed material of various types
  • C) Digital media
  • D) Paintings only
B) Hand-printed material of various types

61. Who identified subjects for ukiyo prints?

  • A) Artists
  • B) Publishers like Tsutaya Juzaburo
  • C) Carvers
  • D) Merchants
B) Publishers like Tsutaya Juzaburo

62. In the ukiyo process, what was destroyed?

  • A) The print
  • B) The original drawing
  • C) The woodblock
  • D) The paper
B) The original drawing

63. What is Fig. 4a depicting?

  • A) A royal workshop
  • B) A morning scene by Shunman Kubo
  • C) Gutenberg's press
  • D) Diamond Sutra
B) A morning scene by Shunman Kubo

64. What made possible the production of manuscripts in Europe?

  • A) Woodblocks
  • B) Chinese paper
  • C) Metal types
  • D) Olive presses
B) Chinese paper

65. Who were employed to write manuscripts?

  • A) Scribes
  • B) Printers
  • C) Carvers
  • D) Artists only
A) Scribes

66. How many scribes often worked for one bookseller?

  • A) Less than 10
  • B) More than 50
  • C) 20
  • D) 30
B) More than 50

67. Why were manuscripts fragile?

  • A) Made of metal
  • B) Awkward to handle, could not be carried or read easily
  • C) Too durable
  • D) Printed
B) Awkward to handle, could not be carried or read easily

68. What was used to print religious pictures in early fifteenth century Europe?

  • A) Metal types
  • B) Woodblocks
  • C) Handwriting
  • D) Digital tools
B) Woodblocks

69. What expertise did Gutenberg acquire?

  • A) Farming
  • B) Polishing stones, master goldsmith, lead moulds
  • C) Painting
  • D) Writing
B) Polishing stones, master goldsmith, lead moulds

70. By what year did Gutenberg perfect his system?

  • A) 1448
  • B) 1450
  • C) 1430
  • D) 1295
A) 1448

71. What imitated the ornamental handwritten styles in early printed books?

  • A) Woodblocks
  • B) Metal letters
  • C) Paper
  • D) Ink
B) Metal letters

72. In the sixteenth century, how many printed book copies were there in Europe?

  • A) 20 million
  • B) 200 million
  • C) 2 million
  • D) 180
B) 200 million

73. What is platen?

  • A) Ink applicator
  • B) Board pressed onto paper for impression
  • C) Metal type
  • D) Woodblock
B) Board pressed onto paper for impression

74. How many sheets could Gutenberg's press print on one side per hour?

  • A) 100
  • B) 180
  • C) 200
  • D) 250
D) 250

75. In Gutenberg's Bible, what color was the text printed in?

  • A) Red
  • B) Black
  • C) Blue
  • D) Green
B) Black

76. What was added to highlight holy words in Gutenberg's Bible?

  • A) Pictures
  • B) Color within letters
  • C) Borders only
  • D) Metal types
B) Color within letters

77. What depicts Fig. 8?

  • A) A royal workshop
  • B) A printer’s workshop, sixteenth century
  • C) Ukiyo print
  • D) Diamond Sutra
B) A printer’s workshop, sixteenth century

78. Until the twentieth century, what were literacy rates in most European countries?

  • A) High
  • B) Very low
  • C) Moderate
  • D) 100%
B) Very low

79. Before print, how was knowledge transferred?

  • A) Through books
  • B) Orally
  • C) Digitally
  • D) Through paintings
B) Orally

80. What came into being with print?

  • A) Hearing public
  • B) Reading public
  • C) Speaking public
  • D) Writing public
B) Reading public

81. What was restricted to elites before print?

  • A) Oral stories
  • B) Reading
  • C) Singing
  • D) Painting
B) Reading

82. How did people hear stories before print?

  • A) Individually and silently
  • B) Collectively
  • C) Through digital media
  • D) In private
B) Collectively

83. Why were books expensive before print?

  • A) Produced in large numbers
  • B) Could not be produced in sufficient numbers
  • C) Easy to copy
  • D) Durable
B) Could not be produced in sufficient numbers

84. What became blurred with print?

  • A) Line between oral and reading cultures
  • B) Line between elites and common people
  • C) Line between art and technology
  • D) Line between East and West
A) Line between oral and reading cultures

85. What became intermingled?

  • A) Hearing public and reading public
  • B) Elites and merchants
  • C) Artists and carvers
  • D) Printers and scribes
A) Hearing public and reading public

86. In the activity, imagine you are whom?

  • A) Gutenberg
  • B) Marco Polo
  • C) Kitagawa Utamaro
  • D) A printer
B) Marco Polo

87. What is the source for Tripitaka Koreana?

  • A) http://www.cha.go.kr
  • B) UNESCO
  • C) National Library of France
  • D) x.com
A) http://www.cha.go.kr

88. Where is the second volume of Jikji available?

  • A) UNESCO
  • B) National Library of France
  • C) China
  • D) Japan
B) National Library of France

89. What marked an important technical change in print culture according to the chapter?

  • A) Woodblocks
  • B) Jikji
  • C) Diamond Sutra
  • D) Accordion book
B) Jikji

90. Who travelled to other countries seeking work?

  • A) Scribes
  • B) Printers from Germany
  • C) Artists
  • D) Merchants
B) Printers from Germany

91. What was the print revolution's impact?

  • A) Changed relationship to information
  • B) No change
  • C) Only economic
  • D) Only artistic
A) Changed relationship to information

92. What created a new culture of reading?

  • A) High cost of books
  • B) Access to books
  • C) Ban on printing
  • D) Oral only
B) Access to books

93. What was the transition not simple from?

  • A) Print to digital
  • B) Hearing to reading public
  • C) Painting to carving
  • D) East to West
B) Hearing to reading public

94. Who could read books?

  • A) Only illiterates
  • B) Only the literate
  • C) Everyone
  • D) Only elites
B) Only the literate

95. What did publishers do to persuade common people?

  • A) Publish scholarly texts
  • B) Publish popular ballads and folk tales
  • C) Ban books
  • D) Increase prices
B) Publish popular ballads and folk tales

96. What entered print?

  • A) Digital content
  • B) Oral culture
  • C) Only visuals
  • D) Manuscripts only
B) Oral culture

97. In the activity at the end, what are you?

  • A) A printer
  • B) A bookseller advertising cheap printed books
  • C) An artist
  • D) A scribe
B) A bookseller advertising cheap printed books

98. What was orally transmitted?

  • A) Printed material
  • B) Digital files
  • C) Paintings
  • D) Metal types
A) Printed material

99. What separated oral and reading cultures became?

  • A) Clear
  • B) Blurred
  • C) Distinct
  • D) Separated forever
B) Blurred

100. What opened up new ways of looking at things?

  • A) Print revolution
  • B) Oral tradition
  • C) Handwriting
  • D) Painting
A) Print revolution

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