Print Culture Quiz

What literary form developed in Europe and catered to the need of reflecting human lives, experiences, emotions, and relationships?

• Drama

• Poetry

• Novel

• Biography

What new visual culture was taking shape by the end of the nineteenth century?

• Prints

• Painting

• Photography

• Sculpture

What kind of images were produced by Raja Ravi Varma for mass circulation?

• Abstract art

• Portraits

• Mythological paintings

• Landscape paintings

What were being published in journals and newspapers by the 1870s, commenting on social and political issues?

• Recipes

• Caricatures and cartoons

• Fashion trends

• Sports news

What was the first full-length autobiography published in the Bengali language?

• My Life Story

• Amar Jiban

• Autobiography of a Bengali Woman

• Life and Times of a Bengali Girl

Which language's print culture had developed early, and began seriously from the 1870s?

• Urdu

• Tamil

• Bengali

• Marathi

Who condemned men for withholding education from women in the name of religion as she addressed the Bengal Women’s Education Conference in 1926?

• Rashsundari Debi

• Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein

• Kailashbashini Debi

• Tarabai Shinde

What did Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein strongly condemn men for in the name of religion as she addressed the Bengal Women’s Education Conference in 1926?

• Prohibiting women from writing

• Withholding education from women

• Forcing women to work

• Restricting women from reading

What did some conservative Hindus believe would happen to a literate girl?

• She would be widowed

• She would become a doctor

• She would become a teacher

• She would become a writer

What did some Muslims fear would happen to educated women?

• They would become influential

• They would become independent

• They would become corrupt

• They would become rebellious