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Fill in the blank. Although there is dispute about the actual "invention" of the printing press with movable metal type, _________ is usually the man credited with the invention.

Correct answer: B. Johan Gutenberg

  • A. Niccolo Machiavelli
  • B. Johan Gutenberg
  • C. Peter Schoeffer
  • D. Johannes Fust

Explanation

Johannes Gutenberg is conventionally credited with developing movable metal type printing in Europe around the mid-fifteenth century. Fust and Schoeffer were associated with Gutenberg’s printing enterprise but are not usually given primary credit for the invention.

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