This is a different kind of reading comprehension.
Task 1
Guess the Answers to these questions
Questions
- What is the title of Van Gogh’s painting illustrating a book?
- What were the first books called?
- What were these first manuscripts made of?
- What was the Roman version of a book called?
- Which is the world’s earliest printed book?
- When did printing become mainstream?
- Who created the printing press in Europe?
- What did Richard Mulcaster print?
- Which two things were different about Mulcaster’s work from today’s similar publications?
- Before books were glued together people used to _ _ _ them.
- How much did a Penguin Paperback cost in 1935?
- What did the Gutenburg project produce in 1971?
Task 2
Try to find the answers in Reading A Brief History of Books
The answers are available here.
Task 3
Go through Reading A Brief History of Books and prepare 2 questions that were not asked in Task 1.
Make sure that you know the answers.
Task 4
Take it in turns to ask and answer questions with your friends.
Task 5
Go through 4 Books That were the First of Their Kind and repeat task 3 and 4.