Print Comes to Europe

Q. I was an Italian merchant who took the knowledge of woodblock printing from China to Europe. Who was I?

1. Marco Polo
2. Leonardo Da Vinci
3. Christopher Columbus
4. Ferdinand Magellan

Q. was a kind of parchment made from animal skin.

1. Vellum
2. Paper
3. Woodblock
4. Woodbark

Q.

When did Marco Polo return to Italy after his expedition to China?

1. 1195

2. 1295

3. 1495

4. 1395

Q. Which of the following factors made it hard to meet the ever increasing demand for books in ancient times?

1. Expensive manuscripts.
2. Fragile and clumsy manuscripts.
3. Wide circulation of newspapers.
4. Production of numerous manuscripts in less time.

Q. Give a brief account of the Gutenberg printing press.

Q. Choose the correct pairs of people and their occupations.

1. Gutenberg
2. Kitagawa
3. Merchant
4. Publisher
5. Artist
6. Tsutaya
7. Marco Polo
8. Printer

Q.

which narrative technique had been used in Gullivers travel

Q. Woodblock printing was brought to Europe by Marco Polo.

1. True
2. False