Test. Mass Media: The Press

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Fleet Street has been the home of the British Press for 300 years.

(How long?)

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Newspapers provide a service to the community by giving information

at little cost. (What?)

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She usually finds the information about current events in a newspaper. (Where?)

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“Ukrainian Observer” usually describes business, political and cultural

issues in Ukraine. (What kind of information?)

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They read the editorial and discussed it in class yesterday. (When?)

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The information is distributed as soon as possible by the “InterfaxUkraine”. (How fast?)

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Some newsletters (1) ..... (to begin) during the Renaissance in Europe.

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After Gutenberg (4) ..... (to invent) the printing press in the fifteenth century,

printed newsletters (5) ..... (to appear) in the late 1400s.

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Merchants (2) ..... (to spread) handwritten documents that (3) ..... (to describe) the latest wars, economic news, and human-interest stories.

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Many “newssheets” in the 16th century even (6) ..... (to have) illustrations.

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Despite their popularity in Europe, newspapers (7) ..... (to have) a rocky

start in colonial America.

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A newspaper (8) ..... (to call) The Public Occurences (9) ..... (to print) in Boston in 1690.

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Perhaps it (10) ..... (to document) things too publicly.

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The publisher (11) ..... (to arrest) by the authorities and all copies of the newspaper (12) ..... (to destroy).

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Remember, this (13) ..... (to be) before the Bill of Rights* (14) .....

(to make) freedom of the press a basic right in America