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What does this mage represent?
a) Printing press descending from heaven, carried by a goddess.
b) The women in the foreground are holding plaques with the portraits of six
pioneer printers of different countries
c) In the middle ground on the left (figure encircled) is the portrait of Gutenberg.
d) All the above

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What does this mage represent?
a) The interior of the printer’s workshop here is the site of a dance of death.
b) Gutenbergs printing press.
c) Martin Luther Critising printing press.
d) In the middle ground on the left is the portrait of Gutenberg.

SUBJECTIVE

Sl.No Sub Topic-Print Revolution and Its Impact Mar Pg.No
ks
1. What do you mean by Ballad? 1 111
2. Why did the printed books become popular among illiterate people in 3 111
Europe? / How did the publishers persuade the common people (illiterate)
to welcome the printed books inEurope? / ‘Oral culture thus entered print
and printed material was orally transmitted’. Explain the statement./ ‘The
hearing public and reading public became intermingled in Europe’. How?
3. Which religious reformer was responsible for the Protestant Reformation? / 1 112
‘Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one’. Who spoke these
words?
4. Explain the role played by print in bringing about a division in the Roman 3 112
CatholicChurch. / How did Martin Luther’s writings bring about the
Protestant Reformation? / How did print help to spread new ideas that led
to the Reformation in Europe? / Why were Martin Luther’s theses a
challenge to church in Europe?
5. How did the printing press bring changes in reading culture? / How did 3 111
Printing Press create a new reading public? Explain.
6. How did print introduce debate and discussion? Write three points. 3 112