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Quiz 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first newspaper printed?

a)

Publick Occurrences

b)

Boston Globe

c)

New York Times

d)

Boston Herald

2.

What does it mean to for a paper to be published "with authority"?

a)

The writers knew what they were talking about.

b)

The government told the paper what to write.

c)

The paper had the government's approval.

3.

Why were the penny press newspapers called "penny press"?

a)

You could buy one for five pennies.

b)

The first publisher was named Penny.

c)

They all ran pictures of Abraham Lincoln, who was on the penny.

d)

They cost 1 cent.

4.

The reporters, editors, photographers, producers and camera crews who sift through the many happenings of a day to tell you what's important or interesting are called ____________________.

a)

journalists

b)

staffers

c)

sources

d)

gaffers

5.

The printing press was created and named by Johann Gutenberg

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The changes in Journalism after World War 1 & 2 include the addition of columns, comic strips and editorial cartoons.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Journalism has been around since the beginning because Journalism is essentially ______________________.

a)

A career

b)

Storytelling

c)

Not Important

d)

Social Media

8.

How do History and Journalism relate to each other?

a)

They are both school subjects

b)

History invented journalism

c)

Presidential Elections

d)

Without journalism we couldn't keep record of history

9.

What was the name of the act that taxed all printed and official documents?

a)

The Townshend Acts

b)

The Intolerable Acts

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Sugar Act

10.

The growing demand for newspapers spread literacy

a)

True

b)

False