​Papyrus: Multiple Choice Grammar Test

Papyrus, a sedge (Cyprus papyrus), now almost extinct in Egypt, was universally used in antiquity as the hieroglyphic symbol for Lower Egypt and a common motif in art. The roots (1) __________ as fuel; the pith (2) __________. The stem (3) ________ for sandals, boats, twine, boxes, mats, sails, cloth and most notably as a writing material (used in Egypt until the introduction of paper there in the 8th century was exported throughoutthe Mediterranean world). This writing material, also (4) ________ papyrus, (5) ________ into sheets by laying lengthwise slices of the sedge side by side in two layers at right angles and (6) ________ them together with an adhesive probably (7) ________ of their own juices and Nile water. The sheets (8) ________ end to end and rolled on wooden rods to form manuscripts. Many examples (9) ________, especially in Egypt, which (10) ________ valuable literary and historical matter in Greek and other languages. The science of papyrology (11) ________ with the study of these documents. Papyrus (12) ________ in the division Magnoliophyta, class Liliopsida, order Cyperales, family Cyperaceae.