Variant – 1 Choose the best answer

they were covered with ink and printed. This was done one

page at a time by hand on a press until the 19^th century.

21. It is clear from the passage that the printing was created …

A) by Middle Age monks B) in Asia

C) by Joharm Gutenberg D) in Muslim countries
22. According to the passage, all of the following statements

are WRONG, EXCEPT:

A) Books were common and cheap until the 19^th century.

B) In the Middle Ages when books were copied by hand they

were less expensive.

C) Johann Gutenberg was the first to print journals.

D) Printing was perfected by Gutenberg in the middle of the

15^th century.

23. It is clear from the passage that …

A) nowadays printers print one page at a time by hand on a

press.

B) the Muslims were the first to print books.

C) it was Johann Gutenberg of Germany who perfected

printing in the 1450s in China.

D) paper was brought to Europe via the Muslim countries.