Gutenberg and the Printing Press

Where was the Diamond Sutra (the world's oldest known 'book') found?

• A cave in China

• Uncovered in Rome

• On a printing press

• In a Muslim library

Block printing was time consuming, but what was a benefit of it? 

• They could produce many copies of the same document

• They could quickly make books

• Anyone could do it

In what country was moveable type invented? 

• Australia

• China

• Italy

• Germany

Who copied books by hand in Europe (before the invention of the printing press)?

• Peasants

• Blacksmiths

• Nobles

• Scribes

How long did it take for a monk to copy the Bible by hand? 

• 1 month

• 1 year

• 1 decade

What was the first book Gutenberg copied on the printing press? 

• The Bible

• The Qur'an

• The Torah

• The Diamond Sutra

How long did Gutenberg's printing press go unchanged before new printing technology replaced it? 

• 2,000 years

• 6 years

• 300 years

• 100 years

What was one result of a more books in Europe?

What did Gutenberg invent?

• the automobile

• the compass

• a new language

• a new way of printing books