Manuscript History Quiz: Trivia!
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 78
Questions and Answers
- 1.
![Books always looked like what they are today. Many pages bound in a harder cover. - ProProfs]( "Books always looked like what they are today. Many pages bound in a harder cover.")
Books always looked like what they are today. Many pages bound in a harder cover.- A.
Yes.
- B.
No
- 2.
![The parchment was goat/sheep/calf skin, specially prepared to be written on. - ProProfs]( "The parchment was goat/sheep/calf skin, specially prepared to be written on.")
The parchment was goat/sheep/calf skin, specially prepared to be written on.- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 3.
![The manuscript books were expensive and were ordered for people in high places (bishops, cardinals, princes etc) - ProProfs]( "The manuscript books were expensive and were ordered for people in high places (bishops, cardinals, princes etc)")
The manuscript books were expensive and were ordered for people in high places (bishops, cardinals, princes etc)- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 4.
![The scribe (the monk who made the book) made the codex from the beginning to the end. Preparing the parchment, drawing the lines, writing, illustrating, making initials, and finally binding. - ProProfs]( "The scribe (the monk who made the book) made the codex from the beginning to the end. Preparing the parchment, drawing the lines, writing, illustrating, making initials, and finally binding.")
The scribe (the monk who made the book) made the codex from the beginning to the end. Preparing the parchment, drawing the lines, writing, illustrating, making initials, and finally binding.- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 5.
![The first scribe's pens were made of goose feathers. - ProProfs]( "The first scribe's pens were made of goose feathers.")
The first scribe's pens were made of goose feathers.- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 6.
![The scribe's job was easy and relaxing in his own room in peace and quiet. - ProProfs]( "The scribe's job was easy and relaxing in his own room in peace and quiet.")
The scribe's job was easy and relaxing in his own room in peace and quiet.- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 7.
![The medieval scribe finished ....... pages a day. - ProProfs]( "The medieval scribe finished ....... pages a day.")
The medieval scribe finished ....... pages a day.- A.
Two
- B.
Four
- C.
Ten
- 8.
![On the last page of the manuscript, the "colophon", the scribe thanked God for finishing the painful task. - ProProfs]( "On the last page of the manuscript, the \"colophon\", the scribe thanked God for finishing the painful task.")
On the last page of the manuscript, the "colophon", the scribe thanked God for finishing the painful task.- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 9.
![The manuscripts reigned for about 1000 years. - ProProfs]( "The manuscripts reigned for about 1000 years.")
The manuscripts reigned for about 1000 years.- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 10.
![Illuminated manuscripts are books with wonderful drawings in the golden background. - ProProfs]( "Illuminated manuscripts are books with wonderful drawings in the golden background.")
Illuminated manuscripts are books with wonderful drawings in the golden background.- A.
Yes
- B.
No
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