AMERICAN LITERATURE
TRUE AND FALSE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Created in China, the printing press revolutionized society there before being further developed in Europe in the 15th Century by Johannes Gutenberg and his invention of the Gutenberg press.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first printing press was set up by the Portuguese at Goa in 1556 CE. A scientific work on medicinal plants by a European writer was printed at Goa in 1563 CE.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first printing press arrived in Massachusetts in 1638, just eight years after the planting of the Puritan colony in 1630. The press was set up in Cambridge as an auxiliary enterprise of Harvard College, which had been founded in 1636.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1609, Johann Carolus published the first regular newspaper in Strassburg, comprising brief news bulletins. By the 1620s, numerous major cities had newspapers of 4 to 8 pages appearing at irregular intervals; all were strictly censored. The first daily newspaper appeared in 1660 in Leipzig.