Quiz on Gutenberg and Printing

What invention by Johannes Gutenberg helped spread information through society?

• The telephone

• The printing press

• The light bulb

• The steam engine

Which ancient civilization used stamps made of clay and stone for printing?

• Egyptians

• Greeks

• Babylonians

• Romans

How many letters (characters) does the English alphabet have?

• 24

• 25

• 26

• 27

What did Gutenberg use to create text for each page?

• Wooden blocks

• Metal stamps

• Clay tablets

• Stone carvings

What was a major advantage of Gutenberg's printing press?

• It could print in color

• It was very small

• It could print six pages at once

• It used no ink

What did Gutenberg's press use to press the paper against the ink?

• A metal rod

• A flat piece of wood

• A stone slab

• A rubber roller

Why was printing not very practical before Gutenberg's invention?

• It was too colorful

• It was too slow

• It was too expensive

• It was too noisy

What did Chinese scholars use to print thousands of pages?

• Metal stamps

• Wooden blocks

• Stone tablets

• Clay pots

What did Gutenberg's assistants spend many hours doing?

• Painting pictures

• Arranging letters

• Writing by hand

• Carving statues

How did Gutenberg's invention impact the sharing of knowledge?

• It made it more expensive

• It slowed it down

• It increased it

• It stopped it