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What region in the world developed cuneiform?
a) Mesopotamia
b) Caribbean
c) United Kingdom
d) Central America

Which of the following caves was most recently discovered?
a) Chauvet
b) Padirac
c) Lascaux
d) Montignac

What are hieroglyphics?
a) A character in the ancient Egyptian writing system
b) An ancient Egyptian ruler
c) The type of government in Egypt
d) An ancient breed of dog

Which of the following was the original reason for manuscripts?
a) Religion
b) Farming
c) Government
d) Children’s stories

When was woodblock printing developed?
a) 1802 B.C.
b) 600 A.D.
c) 875 B.C.
d) 1203 A.D

When did the Renaissance begin?
a) 14th century
b) 15th century
c) 13th century
d) 18th century

Before the use of woodblock printing and the invention of the printing press, it typically took how long for scribes to complete a book?
a) Four months
b) Six weeks
c) One year
d) Nine months

Which Renaissance typography type has mathematically perfect sized letters?
a) Antica
b) Centaur
c) Venetian
d) Sans-serif

Who invented the printing press in 1439?
a) Johannes Gutenberg
b) Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
c) Ottmar Mergenthaler
d) John Rand

What was the style of the typography used during the Renaissance?
a) Elaborate and ornate
b) Simple
c) Typography did not exist in the Renaissance
d) Easy to read

The industrial revolution began in which of the following locations?
a) Britain
b) Russia
c) Italy
d) France

Which of the following was NOT a popular letterform style during the industrial revolution?
a) Script
b) Victorian
c) Sans Serif
d) Tuscan

Which letterform style reflected a bold, machine-like text?
a) Slab Serif
b) Victorian
c) Sans Serif
d) Tuscan

In 1810, how many pages were able to be printed in an hour?
a) 400
b) 4,000
c) 40
d) 140

Who developed the keyboard typesetter for the linotype machine?
a) Ottmar Mergenthaler
b) Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
c) Johannes Gutenberg
d) Georges Braques

Which of the following movements was NOT developed in the Modernist era?
a) Typography
b) Architecture
c) Literature
d) Music

Where was Cubism developed?
a) Paris, France
b) Venice, Italy
c) Moscow, Russia
d) Madrid, Spain

Which company developed four-color printing?
a) Eagle Printing Ink Company
b) Kodak®
c) Pantone®
d) Artic Value Printing Company

Who developed the Plakastil graphic design trend?
a) Lucian Bernhard
b) Pablo Picasso
c) John Rand
d) Georges Braques

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Bauhaus?
a) Clean, simple shapes
b) Bold typography
c) Blocks of color
d) Functionality

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