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Review: "How Stories Have Shaped the World"

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4 questions

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Question 4

4.

Which positive and negative effects did the invention of the printing press and its subsequent era of mass literacy have on various societies and individuals?

Question 1

1.

Which three inventions profoundly changed the way text was created and distributed? Check all that apply.

The Printing Press

The Internal Combustion Engine

Paper and Ink

The Internet

The Light Bulb

Question 2

2.

Both Plato and Aristotle argued that the arts (literature, theater, music, etc.) could and/or should do what? Check all that apply.

Make us feel emotions

Entertain us

Allow us to boast to others

Make us suspicious of others

Inspire us to be better people

Question 3

3.

Which important cultural epics that had an enormous influence on individuals and society were mentioned in the article? Check all that apply.

The Iliad

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Tale of Genji

The Popul Vuh

The Book of Songs

The One Thousand and One Nights

Dante's Inferno