Unit 1. Topic 1.4: The Printing Press
Question 1
Ideas were more restricted to the elite and scholarly.
Ideas could travel faster and reach more people than ever before.
The dissemination of ideas became slower due to increased censorship.
Ideas were less influential on the general public.
Question 2
Dictated to scribes.
Copied by hand.
Mass-produced in factories.
Printed using simple machines.
Question 3
It led to the decline of classical learning.
It decreased the importance of local languages.
It encouraged the growth of vernacular literature.
It restricted the distribution of scholarly works.
Question 4
A type of printing technique.
The universal language of scholars.
The formal language used by the church.
The language spoken by ordinary people.
Question 5
Virgil’s 'Aeneid'.
Plato’s 'Republic'.
Geoffrey Chaucer’s 'Canterbury Tales'.
Homer’s 'Iliad'.
Question 6
It was insignificant in the development of shared customs.
It helped shape a shared national culture and identity.
It had little impact on the sense of national unity.
It led to the decline of national identities.
Question 7
Religious texts were exclusively printed in Latin.
It reduced the general public's access to religious writings.
The Bible was translated into vernacular languages and printed.
It led to the suppression of religious texts.
Question 8
Decreased interest in reading and writing.
Having to learn Latin to read important texts.
Relying solely on oral traditions for stories.
Reading stories and poetry in their own languages.
Question 9
It preserved the exclusive nature of book ownership.
It increased the cost of book production.
It reduced the overall production of books.
It made books more accessible to the general public.
Question 10
By making books more expensive and rare.
By producing books quickly and in large numbers.
By focusing only on printing scholarly works in Latin.
By limiting the types of books that could be printed.
Question 11
By maintaining the status quo of cultural traditions.
By decreasing the variety of available literature.
By spreading new ideas and promoting literacy.
By limiting the influence of Renaissance ideas.
Question 12
It hindered the Renaissance by focusing on religious texts.
It caused the Renaissance to remain confined within Italy.
It played a minimal role in the Renaissance.
It was a catalyst for the movement's expansion across Europe.
Question 13
National identity was solely based on political boundaries.
Language diversity was discouraged in favor of Latin.
Language played a key role in fostering national identity.
Language had little to do with the concept of national identity.
Question 14
It had no significant effect on the relationship between clergy and laity.
It increased the clergy's control over religious interpretations.
It allowed the laity to interpret religious texts for themselves.
It led to the clergy's loss of interest in religious texts.
Question 15
The spread of ideas is unaffected by changes in technology.
Innovations in technology tend to preserve traditional social structures.
Technological advancements are unrelated to cultural developments.
Technological innovations can have transformative effects on society.
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