Question 1

The final step in the evolution of Chinese calligraphythe writing still in use today is called ________.
Correct Answer:
kai-shu
 
Question 2
	
According to legend, calligraphy was invented about 1800 B.C. by Ts-ang Chieh, who was inspired by________.
Correct Answer: 	
the claw marks of birds and the footprints of animals

Question 3
	
Printing with movable type never came into extensive use in the Far East because
Correct Answer: 	
the sheer number of characters made the process too tedious

Question 4
	
The Chinese calligraphic writing system consists of logograms, or graphic characters that represent _______.
Correct Answer:
entire words 

Question 5
	
China became the first society in which ordinary people were in daily contact with printed images because of the use of printed ________ around the year A.D. 1000.
Correct Answer: 	
money 

Question 6

________ , a Chinese government official, is credited with the invention of paper in A.D.105, although the Chinese might have invented it before then.
Correct Answer: 	
Tsai Lun

Question 7

The ancient Chinese invented three of the four innovations listed below. Which does NOT belong?
Correct Answer: 	
oil paint

Question 8
	
Between the scroll and the stitched book, the Chinese had a transitional format that resembled__________.
Correct Answer: 	
folded scrolls (with accordion-style folds) 

Question 9
	
The early Chinese practice of making rubbings allowed for copies to be made of _______ after A.D 165. The originals were carved in stone and required a great deal of space for storage.
Correct Answer: 	
the Confucian classics

Question 10
	
The oldest extant printed manuscript from China (A.D. 868) is the _______ , which is in a scroll about sixteen feet long.
Correct Answer: 	
Diamond Sutra