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| 1 | The following is an example of an early form of paper: |
 | A) | clay tablets |
| B) | papyrus |
| C) | parchment |
| D) | all of these |
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| 2 | During the feudal period in Europe, bookmaking became centered in: |
| A) | libraries |
| B) | tax offices |
| C) | monasteries |
| D) | wineries |
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| 3 | The moveable metal type printing press was developed by: |
| A) | Martin Luther |
| B) | Samuel Morse |
| C) | Matthew Brady |
| D) | Johann Gutenberg |
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| 4 | The first medium to use digital communication was: |
| A) | radio |
| B) | television |
| C) | printing press |
| D) | telegraph |
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| 5 | The invention of the ____________ led to the development of what we would today call news. |
| A) | radio |
| B) | television |
| C) | printing press |
| D) | telegraph |
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| 6 | Which invention was the first to be called "the great annihilator of time and space?" |
| A) | radio |
| B) | television |
| C) | printing press |
| D) | telegraph |
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| 7 | TV occupies more time than any other activity outside of work and sleep with the average set on for: |
| A) | four hours a day |
| B) | eight hours a day |
| C) | twelve hours a day |
| D) | sixteen hours a day |
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| 8 | The long-range impact of the motion picture lay mainly in the areas of: |
| A) | news and reporting |
| B) | business and the law |
| C) | entertainment and culture |
| D) | all of these |
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| 9 | The first mass medium that brought sports, music, talk, and news into the living room was the: |
| A) | telegraph |
| B) | radio |
| C) | telephone |
| D) | newspaper |
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| 10 | The technology behind television received a substantial boost from which war's efforts? |
| A) | The Civil War |
| B) | WWI |
| C) | WWII |
| D) | all of these |
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| 11 | Digital technology encodes information such as sound, text, data, graphics, and video into a series of on and off pulses that are usually denoted as ones and twos. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 12 | The telegraph was revolutionary because it enabled people to communicate in real time over vast distances. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 13 | Technological determinism is the belief that technology drives historical change. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 14 | The Civil War was the first American war to be photographed intensely. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 15 | The characteristics of mobile media include wireless technology available virtually everywhere, and interconnectivity. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 16 | The seven milestones in the development of human communication are: printing, telegraph and telephone, photography and motion pictures, radio and television, digital media, mobile media, and social media. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |