Text-1 Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for questions 1-2

53. According to the passage Ireland...
A) was a predominantly Catholic state
B) became a republic in the 16th century
C) didn't have any schools until the 19th century
D) was an independent state in the 18th century
54. It is said in the passage that Hedge Schoolmasters...
A) worked for one of the department of Trinity College.
B) provided the only legal education for Catholics at that time
C) taught in order to raise money for school buildings
D) had to teach secretly as what they were doing was illegal.
55. It is mentioned in the passage that one difficulty that Hedge Schoolmasters and their pupil were faced with was that...
A) they didn't have any school books
B) the school masters weren't property trained
C) the students had to study Latin and Greek
D) the masters and pupils spoke different languages.