Chapter 60
What is Chapter 60 about?
Chapter 61 is about-
The Empire of the Learned
What is Chapter 62 about?
Printing- specifically how it evolved in the east
What is Chapter 63 about?
The Art of Artificial Writing
(or Gutenberg and his printing press)
Who was Su Sung?
Some dude who made a clock
this Ancient Greek deity was the goddess of memory and mother to the nine muses.
A) Theia
B) Themis
C) Mnemosyne
Most studious books and religious texts were written in this language back during the medieval period and was often called the bond of the learned.
Latin
This Japanese nun-empress fully embraced Buddhism
A) Empress Asami
B) Empress Himari
C) Empress Koken
C) Empress Koken
Who invented the moveable type of printing?
Johann Gutenberg
This Portuguese royal became a patron of sea exploration
Prince Henry
Aeschylus once said that "Memory is the ___________"
Mother of Wisdom
Chapter 61 discusses this emperor of Europe
Charlemagne
When did the first Europeans arrive in Japan?
A) 1543
B) 1614
C) 1550
A) 1543
What was the first book printed by Gutenberg's printing press?
the Bible
What killed the art of memory?
the printing press and books becoming more common and affordable
Giordano Bruno, a young friar in Naples, was inducted into the famous __________ art of Memory
A) Dominican Art of Memory
B) Medici Art of Memory
C) Florence Art of Memory
A) Dominican Art of Memory
These religious homes produced many books, but were constantly pillaged by vikings
Monasteries
What is the Tripitaka?
the whole Buddhist canon in 5,048 volumes totaling 130,000
Much of what we know about Gutenberg comes from this legal stuff
Lengthy lawsuits over the financing of his printing establishment and the profits to be made from his invention.
This viking was known as the Children's Man for-
A) Killing Children
B) Not Killing Children
C) For having lots of children but neglecting them
B) Not killing children
The inventor of the mnemonic art was said to be the versatile Greek lyric poet _____________
Simonides of Ceos
Name the two saints who were mentioned in Chapter 61.
Saint Jerome and Saint Benedict
What are the technical names of the two types of printing mentioned in 62?
typography (printing from movable type made of metal) and xylography (printing from blocks of wood)
What was Gutenberg's original surname?
A) Gensfleisch
B) Gutfield
C) Garfunkel
A) Gensfleisch
This asian reached out to France to make a deal in order to conquer the rest of Asia
Mongolia.