1. You can tell from information in this passage that-

A. all early art dealt mainly with hunting

B. the Phoenician alphabet is more difficult to understand than the English alphabet

C. drawing was one of the earliest forms of written communication

D. people from many cultures understood Egyptian hieroglyphs

2. The word knotty is used in this passage to mean

A. effective

B. complicated

C. mysterious

D. acceptable

3. According to this passage, the form of writing that occurred after rock drawings used

A. symbols such as letters and words

B. the use of proper names and new words

C. the Phoenician alphabet

D. the modern English alphabet

4. This passage would most likely appear in a book titled -

A. The Tombs of Egypt

B. Getting Your Stories Published

C. Great Advances in Human History

D. China's Relations with the West

5. The purpose of the first paragraph is to-

A. show how important writing is in our daily lives

B. emphasize that writing is used mostly in business and government

C. contrast writing done by young people with the writing of adults

D. compare writing in print form with writing done on a computer

6. Who does the passage say is thought to have developed one of the first useful alphabets?

A. The Sumerians

B. The Egyptians

C. The Chinese

D. The Phoenicians

7. According to the passage, the Sumerians first began writing to

A. tell stories about their history

B. send warning messages to travelers

C. establish the laws of their government

D. keep track of things such as animals