1. True or False? Scholars from all over the world traveled to Italy for the ’Äúnew learning.’Äù
2. True or False? Utopia was written by Desiderius Erasmus.
3. True or False? Desiderius Erasmus believed that the life and lessons of Christ were to be a model for church doctrine.
4. True or False? Francois Rabelais used drama and exaggeration to criticize the church.
5. True or False? Advances in printing and the expansion in literacy promoted the spread of Protestant ideas.
6. True or False? Block printing traveled through Europe and Asia through Muslim traders.
7. True or False? In the 1300s, the Europeans started to make paper out of silk rags.
8. True or False? Johann Gutenberg invented movable metal type.
9. True or False? By 1490? Printing presses could be found in cities from London to Constantinople.
10. True or False? Most people found the Bible boring, and wanted to read other works.
11. True or False? Efforts to censor books increased as number of books increased.
Answer Key:
- True
- False: It was written by Thomas More.
- True
- False: Rabelais used comedy and exxageration.
- False: They helped spread Humanist ideas.
- True
- False: Paper was made from linen rags
- True
- True
- False: Everybody wanted to read the Bible
- True