Variant 1 You could have come first and won the race if you … faster

23. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A) Mande Daguerre revealed the secret for the Government.

B) Photographic images were shown in de la Roche’s book Giphantie.

C) Nicephore Niepce experimented with printmaking.

D) Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre invented photography.

24. The word in bold BIZARRE means ...

A) unusual B) popular C) humorous D) common

25. What is the main idea of the passage?

A) The invention of photography. B) The achievement of the French Academy.

C) The success of Daguerreotypists as photographers. D) The prediction of photography.