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1. The main reason woodblock prints are different from paintings is:

They are more expressive
They can be reproduced
They use colored ink
They take much longer to create

2. Woodblock prints are the product of all the following people EXCEPT:

The designer
The deliverer
The cutter
 The printer

3. Woodblock prints are printed on this type of paper:

Mulberry paper
Rice paper
Walnut paper

4. True or false: The quality of the paper that the prints are printed on improves with age.
 True
False
5. To brighten a castle's interior artists would:

Use cloth draperies
Paint the stones on the floor
Paint murals with a gold background
Use skylights

6. True or False: In the Edo period, pieces were painted with gold leaf backgrounds.

True
False
7. Japanese painting of the Muromachi period attempts to:

Tell a story
Depict nature
Cause relaxation
8. The name for Japanese calligraphy is:

Hantei
Neiko
Sho
Aka

9. True or False: Subjects for murals in castles had to be complicated.

True
False

10. Ink for calligraphy is compressed into:

Spheres
Tablets
Sticks

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