Print and Religion

Q.

Give reasons for the following:

(a) Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.

(b) Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it.

(c) The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.

(d) Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.

Q. Who said, “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one”?

1. Martin Luther
2. Ulrich Zwingli
3. Marco Polo
4. Johann Gutenberg

Q.

Outline the changes in technology and society which led to an increase in readers of the novel in eighteenth-century Europe.

Q. Who among the following spearheaded the Protestant Reformation?

1. Gutenberg
2. Leonardo Da Vinci
3. Martin Luther
4. Marco Polo

Q. Which of the following were likely to have happened after the advent of print in Europe during the 16th century?

1. Reading became a common activity
2. Only the rich and elite could access scientific texts
3. People from all walks of life had access to scientific texts
4. More people started getting an education

Q. The print revolution gave the commoners access to literature that was once available only to the elite classes.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true regarding Martin Luther and the Protestant movement?

1. The people who ‘protested’ the ways of the Catholic Church were called the Supporters.
2. Churches set up school for commoners.
3. Luther translated the New Testament of the Bible to Greek.
4. People protested against the Papal supremacy.

Q. Pick the correct statements.

1. Mechanised printing led to increase in literacy
2. Martin Luther was a German monk who agreed with the practices of the Roman Catholic Church
3. Christianity was split into two major sects, namely Protestants and Catholics
4. The Roman Catholic church stopped the Protestants

Q.

How did print cultur led to growth of dissenting ideas

Q.

whAT IS THE RELATION BETWEEN ERSMUS AND maRTIN LUTHER ?WHY DID THEY DID NOT FOLLOWED THE SAME PATH?