PREF - UNIT 2 READING (MINITEST)

1 Before Perkin’s discovery, with what group in society was the colour purple associated to?

(a)  

2 What was the name finally used to refer to the first colour Perkin invented?

(a)  

3 What was the name of the person Perkin consulted before setting up his own dye works?

(a)  

4 In what country did Perkin’s newly invented colour first become fashionable?

(a)  

5 According to the passage, which disease is now being targeted by researchers using synthetic dyes?

(a)