Diagnostic Test 7 Practice Test
•108 QuestionsA historian argues that the spread of printing presses in early modern cities did more than circulate ideas among elites: it specifically increased political participation among urban artisans, who were newly targeted by pamphleteers. According to this claim, artisans—not nobles or major merchants—responded by attending guild meetings more frequently and engaging in city governance. Skeptics counter that printing mainly affected scholarly discourse and had little impact on working-class civic behavior. The historian insists that participation metrics among artisans should rise shortly after presses arrived and that similar cities without presses should show no comparable change during the same period.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the scholar's claim?
A historian argues that the spread of printing presses in early modern cities did more than circulate ideas among elites: it specifically increased political participation among urban artisans, who were newly targeted by pamphleteers. According to this claim, artisans—not nobles or major merchants—responded by attending guild meetings more frequently and engaging in city governance. Skeptics counter that printing mainly affected scholarly discourse and had little impact on working-class civic behavior. The historian insists that participation metrics among artisans should rise shortly after presses arrived and that similar cities without presses should show no comparable change during the same period.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the scholar's claim?