--- title: China: the four great inventions — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 53 «China: the four great inventions» of the history course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / China: the four great inventions # China: the four great inventions The 15 questions of lesson 53 «China: the four great inventions» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 84 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t1/) — Mei says China invented paper, printing, the compass and gunpowder. What does the teacher say? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t2/) — The teacher says «Gutenberg invented printing». Mei objects. Who is right? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t3/) — mei reckons china only ever used gunpowder for fireworks. right? — right ✓ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t4/) — Nonna says Marco Polo brought spaghetti from China. Fix it kindly. — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t5/) — Mei says English named porcelain «china» after her country. What came first? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t6/) — The teacher names Greek crossbows, Mei names Chinese ones. Can both be right? — right ✓ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t7/) — What would happen if a printer tried to make movable type for all Chinese characters? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t8/) — A cartoon shows Zhang Heng's machine measuring how strong an earthquake was. What is wrong? — right ✓ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t9/) — «English just stole tea» says Mei, dead angry. What do historians say? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t10/) — Mei says China invented both the kite and the umbrella. Which claim is stronger? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t11/) — Why did the alphabet suit Gutenberg's movable type so well? — right ✓ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/e1/) — Identify the four inventions conventionally designated the four great inventions of China. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earliest dated printed book. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/e3/) — Ascertain the purpose pursued by those alchemists to whom the discovery of gunpowder is attributed. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the belief that Marco Polo introduced noodles into Italy? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [52. China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall/) - next →: [54. China: the Silk Road and the Tang](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang/) - ↑ back to [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/)