Letters and newspapers 2

Royal messengers were men of _________.

• not importance

• very importance

• some importance

Government messengers carried state documents and they worked _________.

• in groups

• in relays

• alone

____________ ruled Persia nearly 2500 years ago and set up inns and stables along his loyal roads.

• Julius Caesar

• Alexander the great

• Darius the great

The distance between the battle of Marathon and Athen is about ___________.

• forty-two kilometers

• thirty- two kilometers

• twenty- two kilometers

During the middle ages, the courts throughout Europe had ____________.

• Amatuer messengers

• Professional messengers

• Royal messengers

It is said that a good courier could take the king message from London to Scotland in _____________.

• four days

• five days

• six days

The first Post Office Act of Parliament was passed in 1657 in the time of __________.

• Queen Elizabeth

• Henry Bishop

• Oliver Cromwell

The first kind of newspaper appeared in ancient Rome in the time of ___________.

• Julius Caesar

• Claudius

• Augustus

____________ began to appear after the invention of printing.

• Letters and newspapers

• Pamphlets and news books

• Pamphlets and letters

William Dockwra used his own special ____________ shaped marks for stamping letters.

• Square and diamond

• Diamond and heart

• Triangle and heart