A. Print halted the corruption of texts by copyists, giving everyone identical texts.
B. Scientific research became a more collaborative effort.
C. Learning to read was made easier as print was standardized and made clearer.
D. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- Fill in the blank. Although there is dispute about the actual “invention” of the printing press with movable metal type, _________ is usually the man credited with the invention.
A. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Johan Gutenberg
C. Peter Schoeffer
D. Johannes Fust - How did the printing press alter medieval culture ?
A. it improved communication between societies
B. it increased the amount of printed material available to the masses
C. it created a more unrestricted circulation of texts
D. All of the Above - Theodor Adorno’s “Culture Industry Reconsidered” further examines the notion of the “culture industry” and suggests which of the following about the “culture industry ?”
A. It destroys notions of high and low culture and replaces it with mass culture.
B. It is an industry in the sense that its aim is to standardize aesthetic taste and value.
C. It is a radical rethinking of mass culture in that it promotes the values of high culture and attempts to eradicate more popular forms of expression.
D. Both A and B - According to Theodor Adorno’s and Max Horkheimer’s “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception,” which of the following is true of the culture industry ?
A. The culture industry is classified by ruthless uniformity of all ideas.
B. The culture industry is the chief method by which technology brings true democracy to all.
C. The culture industry is a fundamental way to promote individuality.
D. The culture industry is chiefly intended to offer consumers the opportunity to classify wants and desires as well as corresponding production. - Who introduced the art of printing into England ?
A. Elizabeth Eisenstein
B. Johannes Gutenberg
C. Henry VIII
D. William Caxton - What invention won George Harris the respect of his factory’s proprietor ?
A. A cotton ginning machine
B. A hemp cleaning machine
C. A hemp twines
D. A bread slicing machine - The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called ______________?
A. Supra__segmental phonemes
B. Secondary phonemes
C. Prosodic features
D. All the above. - How did the interaction between the English and the Bretons affect literature ?
A. The exposure to new forms ended the production of lais.
B. This interaction led to the influence of Arthurian legend on French literature.
C. This interaction led to more stories about the English conversion to Christianity.
D. The cultural exchange led to more stories about ancient myths. - How did the development of nation-states in the late Middle Ages affect women ?
A. they lost the ability to be anchoresses
B. they lost much of their political and economic power
C. they were able to acquire more political capital
D. they took on more important roles in the economy - How did the increase in universities affect most middle-class women ?
A. they were exposed to new opportunitiesto learn in universities
B. they were not able to attend so they were virtually unaffected
C. they were not able to attend so their education levels declined, compared to men
D. most of them were unable to read, so they were not admitted
