Quiz on Historical Writing Materials

Ink was made from squids.

• True

• False

Erasures were made by ______.

• parchment

• eraser

• ink

• pencil

Books were written in:

• English

• Greek

• Latin

• French

Most of the people could not write because:

• ink was difficult to make

• they could not attend school

• paper was scarce

• it was illegal

The first schools were started to teach choir boys which of the following?

• geography

• arithmetic

• prayer

• philosophy

• music

Subjects taught to girls in school in the Middle Ages included:

• gym class

• caring for the sick

• music

• needlework

• cooking

Instructors in the Middle Ages thought whippings drove out Satan from the students.

• True

• False

A great ruler of the Danes in ______ during this period was King Alfred.

• England

• France

• Germany

• Norway

A great ruler of France that cared about learning was:

• Napoleon

• Charlemagne

• Clovis

• Henry XIII