The Printing Press Quiz

Who is credited with inventing the printing press around 1436?

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Ada Palmer

• Dave Roos

• Korean bookmakers

What was Gutenberg's greatest accomplishment mentioned in the text?

• Inventing the mechanical movable type printing press

• Printing the Bible in Latin

• Selling four-page news pamphlets

• Automating the book-printing process

What did the invention of the printing press help Europe to do?

• Reduce the cost of books

• Pull out of the Middle Ages and accelerate human progress

• Increase the number of hand-copied manuscripts

• Create the first mass-distribution mechanism for printed books

According to the text, what was NOT a result of the printing press invention?

• Gutenberg died penniless

• The number of literate Europeans doubled every century

• Gutenberg's invention was immediately profitable

• A global news network was launched

What was one of the chief projects of the early Renaissance?

• To create a new form of government

• To find and republish long-lost works by figures like Plato and Aristotle

• To invent new technologies for printing

• To establish a new religious movement

What did Italian emissaries spend years doing in the Ottoman Empire?

• Learning enough Ancient Greek and Arabic to translate and copy rare texts into Latin

• Establishing trade routes for spices and silk

• Negotiating political alliances

• Studying new forms of art and architecture

By the 1490s, which city was the book-printing capital of Europe?

• Paris

• Rome

• Venice

• Florence

What was the impact of the printing press on the Renaissance according to the text?

• It started the Renaissance

• It had no significant impact on the Renaissance

• It vastly accelerated the rediscovery and sharing of knowledge

• It decreased the overall quality of books

What is Martin Luther known for in the context of the printing press?

• Inventing the printing press

• Becoming the first best-selling author due to the printing press

• Opposing the printing press

• Destroying the printing press

What did Martin Luther allegedly nail to the church door in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517?

• The Gutenberg Bible

• The 95 Theses

• A copy of the New Testament

• An edict against the Church