ELA AIR7 Test Practice (Spr18, Passage 1)

What tone does the author create with the word choice in paragraph 1?

• appreciative

• critical

• gloomy

• inspirational

Part A. Which statement best describes the relationship between Fust and Gutenberg?

• Gutenberg hired Fust as one of his earliest employees.

• Fust was jealous of Gutenberg's success in printing texts.

• Gutenberg needed the support of Fust to finance his work.

• Fust accepted the challenge of finishing Gutenberg's work.

Part B. Which sentence from the passage supports the idea from Part A that "Gutenberg needed the support of Fust to finance his work"?

• "...Johann Fust, was in court at that very moment, asking a judge to give him everything in Gutenberg's workshop." (para. 2)

• "He had also borrowed a lot of money from Fust and others to make his dream possible." (para. 3)

• "Fust and Schoffer took every piece of equipment and every printed page from Gutenberg's workshop..." (para. 9)

• "Fust and Schoffer may have profitted from the printing press and the Bible, but history only remembers them for taking credit for what was rightfully Gutenberg's." (para. 14)

Select two sentences from the passage that support the idea that Gutenberg considered the printing press his greatest undertaking (achievement)

• "He had poured more than 20 years of his life and his entire fortune into his printing press." (para. 3)

• "The press was just what he wanted it to be - a remarkable invention that would serve mankind..." (para. 3)

• "Time after time, he had used the money to buy expensive metals and pay the workmen to set the type and work the presses." (para. 8)

• "He could not have known that his ideas would spread quickly throughout Europe and become the standard process for printing..." (para. 11)

• "But history has been kind to him and has credited him with one of the greatest inventions of all time." (para. 13)

Read the sentence from the passage.

"Gutenberg shivered when he felt the cold and shuddered deep in his heart when he saw the long, sad faces of his assistants." (para. 6)

How does the phrase "shuddered deep in his hear" impact the meaning of the passage?

• It reveals that Gutenberg cares passionately about the press.

• It emphasizes Gutenberg's violent temper about the loss of the press.

• It suggests that Gutenberg is annoyed by the situation around the press.

• It shows that Gutenberg is alarmed by his assistants' intentions toward the press.

How do paragraphs 9-12 help to develop the author's ideas?

• By describing the problem of a debt and its resolution, the author shows the flaws of the legal system.

• By explaining the sequence of events, the author details how the printing press was constructed over time.

• By comparing the different historical figures, the author examines key differences between Gutenberg and his peers.

• By moving between time periods, the author contrasts Gutenberg's despair with the histroical success of his printing press.

Part A. Which sentence contains two central ideas from the passage?

• The printing press was vital to society, although its inventor did not benefit from it.

• Fust and Schoffer won the trial over the printing press and were inspired to make books.

• Historians still debate over who invented the printing press, but they agree it was important.

• Gutenberg spent a large part of his life creating the printing press and influencing others to use it.

Part B. How does the author develop the ideas that the printing press was vital to society although Gutenberg did not benefit from it?

• by questioning the significance and expense of producing more books

• by explaining how excited people were about the printing press

• by describing Gutenberg's relationships with other people

• by tracing the history and effects of the printing press