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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. When did crude dentures become available to the rich?
a. the end of the 17 century
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b. the beginning of the 17 century
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c. the end of the 18 century
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d. the end of the 19 century
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2. What did Queen Elizabeth I do after losing her front teeth?

a. She cried because she looked ugly.
b. She was thrown out by the royal family.
c. She stuffed layers of cloth under her lips.

d. She got herself false teeth.

3. Generations of men and women suffered from toothaches because
a. there was nothing invented to ease toothaches

b. the dental skills of the Etruscans were forgotten
c. they were too scared to do anything about it
d. all of the above

4. False teeth from 700 B.C. and the late 17 century were both made from
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a. gold
b. silver
c. ivory
d. bones

5. If the poor ran out of food to eat, what would they do with their false
teeth?
a. sell their teeth to the rich

b. throw them away since they have no food to chew
c. rent it out to the merchants
d. none of the above

6. In the passage, the word agony means
a. depression
b. suffering

c. happiness
d. excitement

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