Question

Analyze how increased access to literature affected people’s lives during the Renaissance.(1 point)
Responses

Increased access to literature did not expose people to information because it was written in languages they couldn’t understand.
Increased access to literature did not expose people to information because it was written in languages they couldn’t understand.

People did not have increased access to literature during the Renaissance.
People did not have increased access to literature during the Renaissance.

Increased access to literature exposed people to information. They were only able to evaluate this information with religious guidance.
Increased access to literature exposed people to information. They were only able to evaluate this information with religious guidance.

Increased access to literature exposed people to information. They were able to evaluate this information on their own, without religious guidance.

Answer 1

Increased access to literature exposed people to information. They were able to evaluate this information on their own, without religious guidance.

Explanation: The printing press and more books in the vernacular spread humanist, scientific, and secular ideas, increased literacy, and encouraged independent thinking and questioning of traditional Church authority.