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Print Culture and the Modern World: Match the Pairs Quiz

Test your knowledge from the chapter! Match Column A with Column B. Click buttons to reveal answers.

Question 1: Match the printing origins

Column A	Column B
Hand printing first developed	a) Japan
Oldest Japanese printed book	b) China
Ukiyo art form	c) Diamond Sutra
Accordion book style	d) Kitagawa Utamaro

1-b (China), 2-c (Diamond Sutra), 3-a/d (Japan/Utamaro), 4-b (China). Early print started in China with woodblocks, spread to Japan via Buddhists.

Question 2: Match the key books/artifacts

Column A	Column B
Tripitaka Koreana	a) Oldest metal type book
Jikji	b) Korean woodblocks
Diamond Sutra	c) Chinese hand-printed
Akhlaq-i-Nasiri	d) Indian royal workshop

1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d. These represent early print milestones in Asia, recognized by UNESCO.

Question 3: Match the print impacts in China

Column A	Column B
Imperial state producer	a) Urban culture bloom
Seventeenth century	b) Civil service exams
Women publishers	c) Mechanical presses
Late nineteenth century	d) Poetry and plays

1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c. Print diversified from officials to merchants and women in China.

Question 4: Match the Japanese print features

Column A	Column B
Edo (Tokyo)	a) Buddhist missionaries
Introduced hand-printing	b) Urban circles
Printed on textiles	c) Tsutaya Juzaburo
Publisher example	d) Pictures and money

1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c. Visual material flourished in medieval Japan.

Question 5: Match the European print arrival

Column A	Column B
Marco Polo	a) Vellum manuscripts
Eleventh century	b) Brought woodblock knowledge
Luxury editions	c) Chinese paper reached
Woodblocks in Europe	d) Textiles and cards

1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d. Print spread via silk route to Europe.

Question 6: Match Gutenberg's innovations

Column A	Column B
First printed book	a) Moveable type
1448 system	b) Bible
Platen	c) Perfected
Olive press model	d) Press board

1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a. Gutenberg revolutionized printing in 1430s.

Question 7: Match print revolution stats

Column A	Column B
1450-1550	a) 200 million copies
Sixteenth century	b) 20 million copies
Gutenberg Bible copies	c) 180
Press speed	d) 250 sheets/hour

1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d. Boom in book production across Europe.

Question 8: Match workshop terms

Column A	Column B
Compositor	a) Metal frame for types
Galley	b) Text composer
Vellum	c) Animal skin parchment
Calligraphy	d) Stylised writing

1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d. Key terms from early print era.

Question 9: Match print revolution impacts

Column A	Column B
New reading public	a) Oral to reading culture
Ballad	b) Reduced book costs
Taverns	c) Folk tale in verse
Transition	d) Gathering places

1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a. Print transformed access and culture.

Question 10: Match figures and roles

Column A	Column B
Johann Gutenberg	a) Ukiyo artist
Kitagawa Utamaro	b) Printing press inventor
Marco Polo	c) Knowledge from China
Shanghai	d) Print hub in China

1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d. Pioneers in print history.